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polysomic

polysomic adjective: having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement.

Adjective

polysomic (not comparable)

  1. Having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement
  2. In auto-polyploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homeologous chromosomes, rather than strictly homologous pairs.

Noun

polysomic (plural polysomics)

  1. such an organism or chromosome

Forms of polysomic

pluralpolysomics

Questions about polysomic

What does polysomic mean?
Polysomic means having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement.
What part of speech is polysomic?
Polysomic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near polysomic in the dictionary

  1. polysomatism
  2. polysomaty
  3. polysome
  4. polysomes
  5. polysomia
  6. polysomic
  7. polysomics
  8. polysomies
  9. polysomnogram
  10. polysomnograms
  11. polysomnograph

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