TOTIPOTENCY

totipotency, totipotence

(noun) the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part; “animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

totipotency (uncountable)

(biology) The ability of a cell to produce differentiated cells upon division

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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