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
Lineage specification of human dendritic cells is marked by IRF8 expression in hematopoietic stem cells and multipotent progenitors.
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
As of his own coinage I should set down such vocables as motley-minded, mirth-moving, mockable, marbled, martyred, merriness, marrowless, mightful, multipotent, masterdom, monarchize, etc. etc.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
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