undifferentiated

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ differentiated.

Adjective

undifferentiated (comparative more undifferentiated, superlative most undifferentiated)

1. Not differentiated, not different, alike.
2. (biology) describes tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified.
   • 2022 May 7, Liang En WeeEdwin Philip ConceicaoJean Xiang-Ying SimMay Kyawt AungAung Myat Ooet al., “Dengue and COVID-19: Managing Undifferentiated Febrile Illness during a ‘Twindemic’”, in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, →DOI:

     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.

3. (botany) Describes a plant body where the vascular tissue has not developed, as in the thallophytes.

Antonyms

• differentiated

Translations

not differentiated

• Greek: αδιαφοροποίητος (el) m (adiaforopoíitos)

in biology

• Finnish: erilaistumaton
• Greek: αδιαφοροποίητος (el) m (adiaforopoíitos)
• Italian: indifferenziato (it)

in botany

• Greek: αδιαφοροποίητος (el) m (adiaforopoíitos)
• Italian: indifferenziato (it)