Definition of Multipotent

1. Adjective. Able to many things. "Multipotent drugs"

Similar to: Potent, Stiff, Strong

Definition of Multipotent

1. a. Having manifold power, or power to do many things.

Definition of Multipotent

1. Adjective. Having the power to do many different things ¹

2. Adjective. (biology) Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multipotent

multipoles
multipolicy
multipolymer
multipolymers
multipool
multiport
multiports
multiposition
multipositional
multipost
multiposted
multiposting
multiposts
multipotencies
multipotency
multipotent (current term)
multipotent cell
multipotential
multipotential colony-stimulating factor
multipotentialities
multipotentiality
multipotentials
multipound
multipower
multipowered
multipresence
multipresent
multiprint
multiprints
multiproblem

Literary usage of Multipotent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"These committed progenitor cells are difficult to discern from the original multipotent cells but can be cultured to form colonies of specific types of ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"multipotent hemopoietic stem cells (CFU- S), however, also have been shown to play a role in DC hemopoiesis (2, 4-7) and the number of these cells reaches ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"normally contains multipotent or totipotent cells which usually remain dormant, but which under a strong stimulus are capable of developing into either the ..."

4. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"These committed progenitor cells are difficult to discern from the original multipotent cells but can be cultured to form colonies of specific types of ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"multipotent hemopoietic stem cells (CFU- S), however, also have been shown to play a role in DC hemopoiesis (2, 4-7) and the number of these cells reaches ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"normally contains multipotent or totipotent cells which usually remain dormant, but which under a strong stimulus are capable of developing into either the ..."

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