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pluripotential, a. Biol.|plʊərɪpəʊˈtɛnʃəl|
[f. pluri- + potential a. and n.]
Of a cell, tissue, or organism: capable of developing in any of various directions; = multipotential s.v. multi- 1 a.
1925Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) XIII. 468 Phylogenetically considered, this structure is a pluripotential organ, which in some of the vertebrates has become differentiated as an eye. 1939Nature 27 May 903/1 The lymphocyte may be regarded as a pluripotential element capable of differentiation along several lines, the particular one followed being dependent upon the individual requirements. 1962Lancet 27 Jan. 207/1 Many have regarded it [sc. the small lymphocyte] as a mature cell which could not become anything else, while others have regarded it as a temporarily resting stage of a primitive pluripotential cell capable of active development under suitable conditions. 1974Nature 11 Oct. 518/2 We have recently proposed that the proliferative compartment of foetal epidermis is built up by ‘pluripotential’ stem cells which are replaced by ‘committed’ stem cells during adolescence.
Hence ˌpluripotentiˈality = pluripotency.
1956R. W. Evans Histol. Appearances of Tumours xi. 165 The question of the pluripotentiality and transmutation of lymphocytes into other cells is considered by many authors to be concerned with the enigmatic disappearance of lymphocytes. 1971Jrnl. Immunol. CVII. 1583 (heading) The pluripotentiality of mouse spleen lymphocytes. |