epistatic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to epistasis.

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Meanings

adjectiveepistatic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to epistasis.
nounepistatic (plural epistatics)

plural epistatics

  1. biologyAny material that causes epistasis.

Origin

Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with epistatic

staticautomaticdemocraticsystematicatticthematicschematicaromatichepaticfanaticbureaucraticerraticlymphaticchromaticasymptomaticrheumaticidiosyncratickinematicaristocraticadiabaticemphaticasthmaticaxiomaticprismatic
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

epistatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epistatic

MLA

“epistatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epistatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epistatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epistatic.

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