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—totipotency, n./toh tip"euh teuhnt/, adj. Biol.(of a cell or part) having the potential for developing in various specialized ways in response to external or internal stimuli.[1895-1900; TOTI- + POTENT]
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totipotent — totipotent, ente [ tɔtipɔtɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1897; lat. totus « tout entier », d apr. omnipotent ♦ Biol. Se dit de cellules embryonnaires non encore différenciées capables de se développer en un organisme entier (ex. les gamètes). N. f. TOTIPOTENCE … Encyclopédie Universelle
totipotent — 1901, from L. toti , comb. form of totus whole (see TOTAL (Cf. total)) + POTENT (Cf. potent) … Etymology dictionary
totipotent — [tō tip′ə tənt] adj. [ TOTI + POTENT] capable of developing into a complete embryo or organ: said of a cleavage cell totipotency [tō tip′ətən sē] n … English World dictionary
Totipotent — Having unlimited capability. A totipotent cell has the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg and creates a single totipotent cell. In the first hours after fertilization, this cell divides… … Medical dictionary
Totipotent — Totipotenz bezeichnet die Fähigkeit zur Bildung des Ganzen. In der Zellbiologie werden Zellen dann als totipotent bezeichnet, wenn sie in geeigneter Umgebung (Gebärmutter) noch zu kompletten Individuen heranwachsen können. Für die Entwicklung von … Deutsch Wikipedia
totipotent — adjective Etymology: Latin totus whole, entire + English i + potent Date: circa 1899 capable of developing into a complete organism or differentiating into any of its cells or tissues < totipotent stem cells > • totipotency noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
totipotent — Capable of giving rise to all types of differentiated cell found in that organism. A single totipotent cell could, by division, reproduce the whole organism … Dictionary of molecular biology
totipotent — to|ti|po|tẹnt 〈Adj.〉 totipotente Zellen 〈Genetik; Med.〉 noch nicht differenzierte Zellen, die zu einem ganzen Organismus heranwachsen können; die befruchtete Eizelle ist in ihrer ersten Entwicklungsphase totipotent [Etym.: <lat. totus »ganz,… … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
totipotent — toti|potẹnt [zu lat. totustotipotent= ganz u. lat. potens, Gen.: potentistotipotent= einer Sache mächtig, fähig]:totipotent= omnipotent … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
totipotent — adjective having the ability to give rise to unlike cells embryonic stem cells are totipotent • Pertains to noun: ↑totipotency • Derivationally related forms: ↑totipotency, ↑totipotence • Topics: ↑cell … Useful english dictionary
totipotent — adj. [L. totus, all; potens, capable] Said of isolated blastomeres capable of becoming complete embryos … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
