Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterzygous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-erzy-gous
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of heterozygous.

Example Sentences

"The other two plants produced a 3:1 ratio of tall plants to dwarf plants indicating that they were heterzygous and contained both a tall factor and a dwarf factor."

Etymology

From heter- + -zygous.

Questions

What does heterzygous mean?: Alternative form of heterozygous.
Where does heterzygous come from?: From heter- + -zygous.

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