English Explanatory Dictionary

heterozygous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene.

Word forms

heterozygous heterzygous

Etymology

From hetero- + -zygous.

Synonyms

simplex

Related words

allozygosity allozygote allozygotic allozygous autozygosity autozygote autozygotic autozygous dizygosity dizygote dizygotic dizygous hemizygosity hemizygote hemizygotic hemizygous heterozygosity heterozygote heterozygotic heterozygousness homozygosity homozygote homozygotic homozygous monozygosity monozygote monozygotic monozygous nullizygosity nullizygote nullizygotic nullizygous zygosity zygote zygotic

Derived words

diheterozygous heterozygosity heterozygously heterozygousness pseudoheterozygous
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