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monosomy

monosomy noun: a genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.

Noun

monosomy (countable and uncountable, plural monosomies)

  1. A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.

monosomy meaning in Tamil

monosomy in Tamil

ஒற்றை மெய்யியம்

Forms of monosomy

pluralmonosomies

Origin of monosomy

From monosome + -y.

Questions about monosomy

What does monosomy mean?
Monosomy means a genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.
What is monosomy in Tamil?
Monosomy in Tamil is ஒற்றை மெய்யியம். See Monosomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is monosomy?
Monosomy is a noun.
What is the plural of monosomy?
The plural of monosomy is monosomies.

Words near monosomy in the dictionary

  1. monosomes
  2. monosomic
  3. monosomically
  4. monosomics
  5. monosomies
  6. monosomy
  7. monospace
  8. monospaced
  9. monospaces
  10. monospacing
  11. monospecies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monosomy (page history and authors); monosomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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