undifferentiated

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not divided, distinguished, or developed into different parts or types

   The theory begins with a primitive undifferentiated nebula.

2. 2
   adj

   in biology or medicine, not yet specialized into a particular cell or tissue type

   The culture contains undifferentiated cells capable of several developmental paths.

Formed from un- ("not") + differentiated. Differentiate derives from Medieval Latin differentiare, from Latin differentia ("difference").

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