pluripotency Biol.
(plʊərɪˈpəʊtənsɪ)
[ad. G. pluripotenz: see pluri- and potency.]
The property of being pluripotential; = pluripotence, pluripotentiality.
| 1927 Biol. Abstr. I. 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. & Morphogenesis ii. 100 This condition of multiple potency of the parts of the early egg-cell has been termed pluripotency. 1974 Cell II. 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. |