Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allelomorph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-lelo-morph
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of allele.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"In such cases each member acts as the allelomorph of any other member, and only two can occur in any one female, and only one in any male."

Etymology

From allelo- (“other”) + -morph (“shape”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn, “one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally”) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: allelo-
Root: ἀλλήλων
Suffix: -morph

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

allelomorphs (plural)

Derived Forms

allelomorphic allelomorphism

Synonyms

allele

Questions

What does allelomorph mean?: Synonym of allele.
Where does allelomorph come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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