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单词 pluripotent
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Definition of pluripotent in English:

pluripotent

adjective ˌplʊərɪˈpəʊt(ə)ntˌplo͝orəˈpōtnt
Biology
  • (of an immature cell or stem cell) capable of giving rise to several different cell types.

    many types of cells originate from pluripotent bone marrow stem cells
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several days after conception, as an embryo begins to develop, its stem cells become pluripotent.
    • Cells from these embryos can be used to create pluripotent stem cell ‘lines’, cultures that can be grown indefinitely in the laboratory.
    • As a pluripotent cell type, a human embryonic stem cell is capable of forming all adult cell types.
    • The pluripotent embryonic stem cell cannot, under any conditions, develop into an organism.
    • All blood cells are derived from pluripotent stem cells

Origin

1940s: from pluri- 'several' + Latin potent- 'being able' (see potent1).

 
 

Definition of pluripotent in US English:

pluripotent

adjectiveˌplo͝orəˈpōtnt
Biology
  • (of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to several different cell types.

    many types of cells originate from pluripotent bone marrow stem cells
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a pluripotent cell type, a human embryonic stem cell is capable of forming all adult cell types.
    • The pluripotent embryonic stem cell cannot, under any conditions, develop into an organism.
    • Cells from these embryos can be used to create pluripotent stem cell ‘lines’, cultures that can be grown indefinitely in the laboratory.
    • All blood cells are derived from pluripotent stem cells
    • Several days after conception, as an embryo begins to develop, its stem cells become pluripotent.

Origin

1940s: from pluri- ‘several’ + Latin potent- ‘being able’ (see potent).

 
 
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