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hemizygous

hemizygous adjective: having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism.

Adjective

hemizygous (not comparable)

  1. Having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism

Origin of hemizygous

From hemi- + -zygous.

Words formed from hemizygous

Questions about hemizygous

What does hemizygous mean?
Hemizygous means having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism.
What part of speech is hemizygous?
Hemizygous is an adjective.

Words near hemizygous in the dictionary

  1. hemizygosis
  2. hemizygosity
  3. hemizygote
  4. hemizygotes
  5. hemizygotic
  6. hemizygous
  7. hemizygously
  8. Hemker
  9. Hemkers
  10. hemless
  11. hemline

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