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polygenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
poly-genic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

controlled by the interaction of more than one gene

adj

having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From poly- + -genic.

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

polygenically

Synonyms

multigenic plurigenic polygenetic[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does polygenic mean?
controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
Where does polygenic come from?
From poly- + -genic.

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