monosomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.

Word forms

monosomy monosomies

Etymology

From monosome + -y.

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.