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heterozygous

het·er·o·zy·gous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [het-er-uh-zahy-guh s]
    • /ˌhɛt ər əˈzaɪ gəs/
    • /ˌhet.ər.əʊˈzaɪ.fəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-er-uh-zahy-guh s]
    • /ˌhɛt ər əˈzaɪ gəs/

Definitions of heterozygous word

  • adjective heterozygous having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic. 1
  • adjective heterozygous of or relating to a heterozygote. 1
  • noun heterozygous Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene. 1
  • adjective heterozygous (of an organism) having different alleles for any one gene 0
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Origin of heterozygous

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05; hetero- + Greek zygós, adj. derivative of zygón yolk; see -ous

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Parts of speech for Heterozygous

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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heterozygous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • codominant

    (of genes) having both alleles expressed equally in the phenotype of the organism

  • zygosity

    the characterization of an individual's hereditary traits in terms of gene pairing in the zygote from which it developed. Compare homozygous, heterozygous.
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