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Mosaicism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Mosaicism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup

2

The condition in which more than one genetically distinct population of cells coexist within one individual.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
condition
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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