dédifférencier

Senses

1. 1.

   to de-differentiate

   to lose or remove differentiation; to make undifferentiated again

Examples

• "Les cellules cancéreuses tendent à se dédifférencier, perdant les caractéristiques de leur tissu d'origine."

  Cancer cells tend to de-differentiate, losing the characteristics of their original tissue.

• "Ce processus de dédifférenciation est crucial pour comprendre la progression tumorale."

  This de-differentiation process is crucial for understanding tumour progression.

Usage

Formal and technical term, primarily used in biology, pathology and cell science. Often seen in the noun form "dédifférenciation".