Definition of "totipotent" []

• Exhibiting totipotency (adjective)

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• "Studies of testicular teratomas showed that these tumours contain totipotent cells."
• "The first cells to arise from a fertilized ovum are described as totipotent ( "potent for everything")."
• "But this whole idea that there are three different types of cells out there -- there are what as known as totipotent cells which come from the very earliest stages of an embryo -- they can develop into anything, including another human being."