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hbd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
hbd
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.

Uncountable

adj

Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.

phrase

Abbreviation of happy birthday.

noun

Initialism of human biodiversity.

Uncountable

Etymology

Abbreviation of homozygous by descent or homozygosity by descent

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

HB

Questions

What does hbd mean?
Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.
Where does hbd come from?
Abbreviation of homozygous by descent or homozygosity by descent

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