Totipotent (Adjective)
Meaning
Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells; "embryonic stem cells are totipotent".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- Human embryonic stem cells are considered totipotent as they can differentiate into any cell type within the body.
- In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers isolated a population of totipotent cells that can be used for tissue regeneration.
- The inner cell mass of the blastocyst is comprised of totipotent cells, which have the capacity to give rise to every cell type in the human body.
- These cells exhibit the characteristic properties of totipotent cells, such as self-renewal and multilineage differentiation potential.
- Stem cells are considered totipotent when they have the ability to develop into all the three germ layers and extraembryonic tissues.