Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of developing into only one type of cell or tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Powerful or effective in only one way or direction.
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- adjective biology Having the capacity to develop into only one type of cell or tissue
- adjective mathematics Having a single
idempotent element
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Examples
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EPO stimulates the production of mature erythrocytes by mediating the survival, proliferation and differentiation of unipotent erythroid progenitor cells, called erythroblasts.
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EPO stimulates the production of mature erythrocytes by mediating the survival, proliferation and differentiation of unipotent erythroid progenitor cells, called erythroblasts.
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Panel A shows a symmetric division of a neuronal unipotent progenitor.
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Having power in one way only; capable of developing only in one direction or to one end product.
May 12, 2008