- dedifferentiate
- de·dif·fer·en·ti·ate (')dē-.dif-ə-'ren-chē-.āt vi, -at·ed; -at·ing to undergo dedifferentiation
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dedifferentiate — intransitive verb see dedifferentiation … New Collegiate Dictionary
dedifferentiate — /dee dif euh ren shee ayt /, v.i., dedifferentiated, dedifferentiating. Biol. to undergo dedifferentiation. [1915 20; back formation from DEDIFFERENTIATION] * * * … Universalium
dedifferentiate — verb To lose or reverse differentiation See Also: dedifferentiation … Wiktionary
dedifferentiate — v. return of a cell to a general or more primitive state (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
dedifferentiate — de·differentiate … English syllables
dedifferentiate — verb lose specialization in form or function • Ant: ↑differentiate • Derivationally related forms: ↑dedifferentiation • Hypernyms: ↑develop • Verb Frames: Something s … Useful english dictionary
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List of English back-formations — Back formation refers to either the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes, or to the neologism formed by such a process. Back formations are shortened words created from longer words … Wikipedia
dedifferentiation — noun Date: 1915 reversion of specialized structures (as cells) to a more generalized or primitive condition often as a preliminary to major physiological or structural change • dedifferentiate intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
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