totipotent

1. 1.

   having the ability to give rise to unlike cells

   “embryonic stem cells are totipotent”

   cell

Questions about totipotent

What does totipotent mean?

totipotent means "having the ability to give rise to unlike cells".

How many syllables are in totipotent?

totipotent has 4 syllables: to-ti-po-tent. The stress falls on "ti".

Is totipotent a common word?

totipotent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.