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totipotency

DEFINITION: (noun) The ability of a cell, such as an egg, to give rise to unlike cells and thus to develop into or generate a new organism or part.

USAGE: Animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development and begin to specialize.

SYNONYMS: totipotence.

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