Definition of Totipotent

1. Adjective. Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells. "Embryonic stem cells are totipotent"

Category relationships: Cell
Derivative terms: Totipotence, Totipotency
Partainyms: Totipotency

Definition of Totipotent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Totipotent

1. Capable of giving rise to all types of differentiated cell found in that organism. A single totipotent cell could, by division, reproduce the whole organism. (12 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Totipotent

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totipotential protoplasm
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