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XXY

XXY adjective: having an aneuploidy in the configuration of chromosomes by having an extra Y chromosome.

Adjective

XXY

  1. Having an aneuploidy in the configuration of chromosomes by having an extra Y chromosome.

Origin of XXY

From two X chromosomes + Y chromosome.

Questions about XXY

What does XXY mean?
XXY means having an aneuploidy in the configuration of chromosomes by having an extra Y chromosome.
What part of speech is XXY?
XXY is an adjective.

Words near XXY in the dictionary

  1. XXXS
  2. xxxx
  3. XXXXL
  4. XXXXY syndrome
  5. XXXY syndrome
  6. XXY
  7. XXYY syndrome
  8. XY
  9. XY problem
  10. XY problems
  11. XY recorder

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