multipotentialadj.
/ˌmʌltɪpəˈtɛnʃl/, U.S. /ˈˌməltipəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)l/; see also multi- comb. form. Biology and Medicine.
Capable of differentiation along several or many lines; = pluripotential adj. Also: having several activities or functions. Cf. multipotent adj. 2.
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sterile1856
totipotent1904
multipotential1913
unipotent1913
multipotent1928
competent1932
totipotential1934
1913 O. C. Gruner Biol. Blood-cells iv. 191 At certain times the wandering cell becomes stationary... In place of migration..it settles down as an essentially multipotential or indifferent cell.
1934 New Phytologist 33 362 It seems best to consider the lemma rudiment as multi-potential.., developing normally into a lemma but under certain conditions into a foliage leaf.
1966 Cancer 19 1/1 We have designated these types of tumors as primitive multipotential primary sarcomas of bone:..‘multipotential’ because each shows differentiation along multiple lines (i.e. bone, cartilage, blood vessels, etc.).
1986 Sci. Amer. Jan. 30/1 A single kind of precursor (the multipotential stem cells in the bone marrow) develops into a number of more specialized precursor cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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