pluripotencyn.
/ˌplʊərɪˈpəʊtnsi/, /ˌplɔːrɪˈpəʊtnsi/, U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈpoʊtnsi/ Biology.
The property of being pluripotent.
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pluripotentiality1925
pluripotency1927
pluripotence1942
1927 Biol. Abstr. 1 217/1 The term pluripotency is used to describe the virtual ability possessed by every organism, under certain conditions, to strike out upon developmental paths deviating from the type.
1942 J. Needham Biochem. & Morphogen. ii. 100 This condition of multiple potency of the parts of the early egg-cell has been termed pluripotency.
1974 Cell 2 166/1 To study the relationships between tumorigenicity, pluripotency, and growth control in vitro, eleven subclones of SIKR [sc. a cell line] were isolated in parallel.
1990 Carcinogenesis 11 1313/1 The pluripotency of these cells during the mid-gestation period apparently enables growth of different histopathological tumour types.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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