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Definition of "unipotent" []

  • Capable of developing into only one type of cell or tissue. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unipotent" in a sentence
  • "EPO stimulates the production of mature erythrocytes by mediating the survival, proliferation and differentiation of unipotent erythroid progenitor cells, called erythroblasts."
  • "Panel A shows a symmetric division of a neuronal unipotent progenitor."