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undifferentiated

adjective

Simple meaning

Describing tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified.

Pronunciation

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uhndihferehnsheeaytid

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əndɪfɚˈɛnʃieɪtɪd

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Definition

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adjective

  1. biology

    Describing tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified.

  2. Not differentiated, not different, alike.

  3. botany

    Describing a plant body where the vascular tissue has not developed, as in the thallophytes.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C2 · Proficient
Frequency
Uncommon

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Describing

undifferentiated massundifferentiated carcinomaundifferentiated cell

Other combinations

relatively undifferentiatedundifferentiated stateundifferentiated unityundifferentiated typeundifferentiated group

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