pluripotent

From pluri- +‎ potent.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /plʊəˈɹɪpətənt/

pluripotent (not comparable)

1. Having much or unlimited potential to develop in a certain way, especially in a desirable fashion.

   Synonym: multipotent

2. (biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.

   Coordinate terms: multipotent; totipotent, oligopotent, unipotent

   • 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

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

1. (biology) pluripotent

• pluripotence