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Totipotency

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
totipotence
plural
Totipotencies
possessive
Totipotency's
pluralpossessive
Totipotencies'