Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterodisomic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-erodi-s-om-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to heterodisomy.

Example Sentences

"In heterodisomic UPD, two distinct homologous chromosomes are received from one parent, indicating that an error took place during meiosis I."

Etymology

From hetero- + disomic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero

Questions

What does heterodisomic mean?: Relating to heterodisomy.
Where does heterodisomic come from?: From hetero- + disomic.

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