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tetrasomal

tetrasomal is the alternative form of tetrasomic.

Meaning of tetrasomic

Adjective

tetrasomic (not comparable)

  1. Having four copies of a particular chromosome
  2. Having four sex chromosomes
    • Sex chromosome abnormalities occur in at least 1 in 400 births and include the well-described 47,XXX, 47,XXY, 47,XYY, and 45,X karyotypes. The addition of more than one extra X or Y chromosome occurs rarely, and little information is available in the medical literature. Individual case reports make...2026 October 4, Linden, Mary G; Bender, Bruce G; Robinson, Arthur, “Sex chromosome tetrasomy and pentasomy”, in Pediatrics, volume 96, number 4, →DOI, pages 672-682

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Questions about tetrasomal

What is tetrasomal the alternative form of?
Tetrasomal is the alternative form of tetrasomic.

Words near tetrasomal in the dictionary

  1. tetraskele
  2. tetraskeles
  3. tetraskelion
  4. tetraskelions
  5. tetrasodium
  6. tetrasomal
  7. tetrasome
  8. tetrasomes
  9. tetrasomic
  10. tetrasomics
  11. tetrasomies

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