multipotent

[ muhl-tip-uh-tuhnt ]

adjective

1. having power to produce or influence several effects or results.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multipotent¹

First recorded in 1600–10; multi- + potent ¹

Example Sentences

There are hosts, like satirist Ziwe and the multipotent Keke Palmer, who can do their jobs not in spite of, but because of the cultural moment.

From Washington Post

On its Web site, the Utah Cord Bank touts its products as containing “young multipotent cells” that can turn into many kinds of tissue.

From The New Yorker

Sox9+ ductal cells are multipotent progenitors throughout development but do not produce new endocrine cells in the normal or injured adult pancreas.

From Nature

Progressive alterations in multipotent hematopoietic progenitors underlie lymphoid cell loss in aging.

From Nature

These special stem cells come in two varieties: pluripotent cells, which can give rise to all tissue products, and multipotent tissue-specific cells, which can give rise only to certain kinds of tissue.

From New York Times