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multipotent

American  
[muhl-tip-uh-tuhnt] / mʌlˈtɪp ə tənt /
Also multipotential

adjective

  1. having power to produce or influence several effects or results.


Etymology

Origin of multipotent

First recorded in 1600–10; multi- + potent 1

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During osteoporosis, these multipotent cells tend to turn into fat-creating cells instead, but they could be reprogrammed to help treat the disease.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

On its Web site, the Utah Cord Bank touts its products as containing “young multipotent cells” that can turn into many kinds of tissue.

From The New Yorker May 7, 2019

Hierarchically related lineage-restricted fates of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells.

From Nature Jan. 23, 2018

These cells then become slightly more specialized, and are referred to as multipotent cells.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Not the archangel Gabriel, nor his multipotent adversary, durst attempt any such thing!'

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

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