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Meaning of misdifferentiate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To fail to differentiate correctly.

Examples

“In the absence of Mxxl, cranial neural crest-derived mesenchyme consequently fails to proliferate and misdifferentiates (Han et al., 2003a).”
“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].”
“Mesenchymal stem cells of patients with ossification are thought to misdifferentiate into osteoblasts instead of target ligament cells because they have high osteogenic ability.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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