Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

congenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-genic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(of different strains of an organism) That are genetically identical except for a variation in a limited genetic region or locus

noun

Such an organism

Inflected Forms

congenics (plural)

Derived Forms

congenically subcongenic bicongenic

Frequently Paired Words

coisogenic

Questions

What does congenic mean?: (of different strains of an organism) That are genetically identical except for a variation in a limited genetic region or locus

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