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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part;
- Example: "animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development"
[syn: totipotency, totipotence]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

totipotency
    n 1: 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"
         [syn: totipotency, totipotence]