Etymology

cytodifferentiation

Today it means: The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones Full definition →

English differentiation ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  4. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  6. Proto-Italic*dis-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  10. Proto-Italic*ferō
  11. Latinferō
  12. Latindifferō
  13. Latindifferēns
  14. Latindifferentia
  15. New Latindifferentiō
  16. New Latindifferentiātus
  17. Englishdifferentiate
  18. Englishdifferentiation
  19. English todaycytodifferentiation

From cyto- + differentiation.

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