multipotent
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of multipotent
Example Sentences
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These multipotent cells can develop into various types of tissue, including bone.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
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
Functionally distinct subsets of lineage-biased multipotent progenitors control blood production in normal and regenerative conditions.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
The adult stem cells that are present in many organs and differentiated tissues, such as bone marrow and skin, are multipotent, being limited in differentiation to the types of cells found in those tissues.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
All these eccentricities served only to add to the consequence of the multipotent Mien-yaun.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various
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