pluripotent

From pluri- +‎ potent.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /plʊəˈɹɪpətənt/

pluripotent (not comparable)

1. (biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.
   • 2011, Terence Allen; Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 99:

     As the embryo grows, ‘pluripotent’ stem cells appear, which are limited in their potency.

• pluripotential

• pluripotency

• multipotent
• oligopotent
• totipotent
• unipotent

pluripotent (feminine pluripotente, masculine plural pluripotents, feminine plural pluripotentes)

1. (biology) pluripotent

• pluripotence