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misdifferentiate

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate English misdifferentiate From mis- + differentiate.

  1. derived from differentiate English misdifferentiate From mis- + differentiate
  2. derived from *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor✻
  3. derived from *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der✻

Definitions

  1. To fail to differentiate correctly.

    • 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.

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