English Explanatory Dictionary

mendelize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be inherited according to Mendel's laws.
verb
  1. Alternative form of mendelize.

Word forms

mendelize mendelizes mendelizing mendelized

Etymology

From Mendel + -ize, from Gregor Mendel, an Austro-Hungarian priest and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics. Mendel showed that the inheritance of certain traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him.

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