Pluripotent vs Omnipotent - What's the difference?
pluripotent | omnipotent |
Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.
*2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 99:
*:As the embryo grows, ‘pluripotent ’ stem cells appear, which are limited in their potency.
Having unlimited power, force or authority.
(biology) Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell). See also pluripotent.