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missegregate

missegregate verb: to segregate incorrectly (typically, chromosomes).

Verb

missegregate (third-person singular simple present missegregates, present participle missegregating, simple past and past participle missegregated)

  1. To segregate incorrectly (typically, chromosomes)

Forms of missegregate

third-person singular presentmissegregates
present participlemissegregating
past participlemissegregated
pastmissegregated

Origin of missegregate

From mis- + segregate.

Questions about missegregate

What does missegregate mean?
Missegregate means to segregate incorrectly (typically, chromosomes).
What part of speech is missegregate?
Missegregate is a verb.
What is the past tense of missegregate?
The past tense of missegregate is missegregated.

Words near missegregate in the dictionary

  1. misseeming
  2. misseems
  3. misseen
  4. missees
  5. missegmented
  6. missegregate
  7. missegregated
  8. missegregates
  9. missegregating
  10. missegregation
  11. missegregations

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