pluripotent
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of pluripotent
First recorded in 1915–20; from Latin plūr- (stem of plūs “plus”) + English potent 1
Example Sentences
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Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning they can develop into virtually any type of cell in the body.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
“These results provide a failure to confirm the existence of pluripotent VSELs,” the paper read.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
They then used human cells that had been reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells through molecular biology techniques.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025
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.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2025
Others may be important for keeping human stem cells "pluripotent", or able to become any one of many different types of human cell.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
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