multipotent

Having the power to do many different things.

Adjective

  1. Having the power to do many different things.

    Synonyms: pluripotent

  2. Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell.

    Coordinate Terms: pluripotent totipotent oligopotent unipotent

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English potent English multipotent From multi- + potent.

Forms

more multipotent most multipotent

Related

multipotency multipotential