Meanings
noundedifferentiation (plural dedifferentiations)
plural dedifferentiations
- The loss or reversal of differentiation.
- biologyThe biological process whereby cells revert from a specialized function to a simpler or less specialized form.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- New Latindifferentiō
- New Latindifferentiātus
- Englishdifferentiate
- Englishdifferentiation
- Englishdedifferentiation
From de- + differentiation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek αποδιαφοροποίηση
- αποδιαφοροποίηση (apodiaforopoíisi)loss or reversal of differentiation
Italian dedifferenziazione, sdifferenziamento
- dedifferenziazioneloss or reversal of differentiation
- sdifferenziamentoloss or reversal of differentiation
Cite this entry
APA
dedifferentiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedifferentiation
MLA
“dedifferentiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedifferentiation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dedifferentiation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedifferentiation.
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