Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun totipotency
1 sense of totipotency
Sense 1
totipotency, totipotence -- (the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part; "animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development")
=> ability -- (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)