Undifferentiated Meaning
/əndɪfəˈrɛnʃiˌeɪtɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot differentiated, not different, alike.
adjNot differentiated; not different; alike., Describing tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified.
Sentence Examples
Stem cells are a type of undifferentiated cell that can become anything.
The product looked like an undifferentiated mass of grey plastic.
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can become specialized.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the early stages, the cells are ____ and can become any type of cell in the body.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Stem cells are ____ cells that have the unique ability to develop into many different types of specialized cells today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English differentiated English undifferentiated From un- + differentiated.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it."
— 2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer:
"This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes."
— 2022 May 7, Liang En Wee, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Jean Xiang-Ying Sim, May Kyawt Aung, Aung Myat Oo, et al., “Dengue and COVID-19: Managing Undifferentiated Febrile Illness during a ‘Twindemic’”, in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, →DOI:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the early stages, the cells are ____ and can become any type of cell in the body.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Stem cells are ____ cells that have the unique ability to develop into many different types of specialized cells today.