Misdifferentiate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misdifferentiate is a verb meaning To fail to differentiate correctly.
Meaning
To fail to differentiate correctly.
Example Sentences
In the absence of Mxxl, cranial neural crest-derived mesenchyme consequently fails to proliferate and misdifferentiates (Han et al., 2003a).
Mesenchymal stem cells of patients with ossification are thought to misdifferentiate into osteoblasts instead of target ligament cells because they have high osteogenic ability.
Sumoylation-deficient Drosophila lesswright mutants have been shown to induce overproduction of hemocytes and form melanotic tumors whereas Ubc9 mutations activate progenitors to misdifferentiate, become hyperplastic, and develop microtumors [172, 173].
Word Forms
- misdifferentiates
- misdifferentiating
- misdifferentiated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misdistinguish, misdetermine, misdiscern, misclassify, miscompare, confound.
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