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The word that means 'can adapt for anything'?

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Zetsu - 06 May 2008 12:42 GMT
Hi again, sorry but you guys on this newsgroup have been so helpful so
far to help me find my words that I thought I might as well keep
asking lots more stuff if you don't mind. What's that word that means
when something can turn into anything else or take the form and
specializations of any other breed? I'm not talking about stem cells,
it's something else. I've been trying to remember this word for ages,
I think it begins with the letter 'L'...
Birgitte - 06 May 2008 13:04 GMT
> Hi again, sorry but you guys on this newsgroup have been so helpful so
> far to help me find my words that I thought I might as well keep
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> it's something else. I've been trying to remember this word for ages,
> I think it begins with the letter 'L'...

Metamorphic ?

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Birgitte
Molly Mockford - 07 May 2008 01:28 GMT
At 04:42:19 on Tue, 6 May 2008, Zetsu <absolutelyinvincible@hotmail.com>
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>What's that word that means when something can turn into anything else
>or take the form and specializations of any other breed? I'm not
>talking about stem cells, it's something else.

Mutability.
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ADPUF - 07 May 2008 15:12 GMT
13:42, martedì 6 maggio 2008, Zetsu:

> Hi again, sorry but you guys on this newsgroup have been so
> helpful so far to help me find my words that I thought I might
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> been trying to remember this word for ages, I think it begins
> with the letter 'L'...

Polymorphism?

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chorleydnc@hotmail.com - 08 May 2008 05:12 GMT
> Hi again, sorry but you guys on this newsgroup have been so helpful so
> far to help me find my words that I thought I might as well keep
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> it's something else. I've been trying to remember this word for ages,
> I think it begins with the letter 'L'...

Pleuripotent, totipotent.

David
 
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