pluripotent

[ploor-uh-poht-nt]

adjective

Biology.

1. (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo.

   pluripotent stem cells.

pluripotent

/ ˌplʊrɪˈpəʊtənt /

adjective

1. biology capable of differentiating into different types of body cell

Other Word Forms

• pluripotency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pluripotent¹

First recorded in 1915–20; from Latin plūr- (stem of plūs “plus”) + English potent ¹

Example Sentences

They then used human cells that had been reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells through molecular biology techniques.

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To produce youthful versions, researchers used human induced pluripotent stem cells -- adult cells reprogrammed to an early embryonic-like state -- to generate new, young mononuclear phagocytes.

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Dr. Cohen's laboratory has led the way in developing techniques that grow living brain cells from patient samples using induced pluripotent stem cell technology.

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Once you give a firm that power, you are disarming everyone else and giving them this pluripotent doomsday device that they can use to take away value and shift things around and screw you over.

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The compound also performed well in human oligodendrocytes -- cells responsible for producing myelin -- derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, suggesting the results could translate effectively from animal studies to human disease.

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