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heterozygous

/hˌɛtɚəzˈaɪɡəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
het-erozy-gous
IPA
/hˌɛtɚəzˈaɪɡəs/
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -zygous English heterozygous From hetero- + -zygous.

Inflected Forms

heterzygous (alternative)

Derived Forms

diheterozygous heterozygosity heterozygously heterozygousness pseudoheterozygous

Frequently Paired Words

allozygosity allozygote allozygotic allozygous autozygosity autozygote autozygotic autozygous

Synonyms

simplex

Rhymes With

homozygous

Questions

How do you pronounce heterozygous?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˌɛtɚəzˈaɪɡəs/.
What does heterozygous mean?
Of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene.
Where does heterozygous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -zygous English heterozygous From hetero- + -zygous.

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