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pentallelic

pentallelic adjective: composed of five alleles.

Adjective

pentallelic (not comparable)

  1. Composed of five alleles

Origin of pentallelic

From penta- + allelic.

Questions about pentallelic

What does pentallelic mean?
Pentallelic means composed of five alleles.
What part of speech is pentallelic?
Pentallelic is an adjective.

Words near pentallelic in the dictionary

  1. pentalenes
  2. pentalenolactone
  3. pentalenolactones
  4. pentalingual
  5. pentalinguals
  6. pentallelic
  7. pentalobate
  8. pentalobe
  9. pentalobed
  10. pentalobular
  11. pentalogies

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