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epistatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
epistat-ic
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to epistasis.

noun

Any material that causes epistasis.

Etymology

Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.

Inflected Forms

epistatics (plural)

Derived Forms

epistatically nonepistatic

Frequently Paired Words

epigenetic

Rhymes With

democratic automatic static systematic attic bureaucratic erratic thematic aromatic aristocratic fanatic schematic

Questions

What does epistatic mean?
Of or pertaining to epistasis.
Where does epistatic come from?
Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.

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