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Monosomy Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix mono-

Monosomy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number

2

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
chromosomal aberration
Rhyming Words
omy tomy romy homy momy nomy boomy roomy doomy stomy anomy atomy zoomy toomy sloomy dysomy eunomy ostomy disomy gloomy
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