dodecaplexes

Noun

dodecaplex (plural dodecaplexes)

1. A four-dimensional polytope composed of 120 dodecahedra.
   • For future diagnoses with deletions involving exons 44 or 45, which are included in the major deletion hotspots responsible for DMD, the dodecaplex protocol was also tested on 32 lymphocytes isolated from three deleted male patients and four heterozygous individuals.2009, Dr. Anne Girardet, Rapid and powerful decaplex and dodecaplex PGD protocols for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, page 5

   Synonyms:

   120-cell, dodecacontachoron, hecatonicosachoron, hecatonicosahedroid, hyperdodecahedron, polydodecahedron