Etymology

clastogenesis

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Today it means: The process resulting in additions, deletions, or rearrangements of parts of the chromosomes that are detectable by light microscopy. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλαστός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλαστός
  2. English todayclastogenesis

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós) + -genesis. See clastogen.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκλαστός all →

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