Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homozygosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mozy-go-sis
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The acrocentric chromosome restored fertility even in monosomic condition, in contrast to chromosome 6H ch S which only fully restored fertility when present in homozygosis."

Etymology

From homo- + zygosis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: homo

Usage

Inflected Forms

homozygoses (plural)

Questions

What does homozygosis mean?: zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele
Where does homozygosis come from?: From homo- + zygosis.

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