Meanings
nounheterozygosity (countable and uncountable, plural heterozygosities)
plural heterozygosities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being heterozygous.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene
Opposite
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
- Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
- Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
- Englishhetero-
- Englishheterozygous
- Englishheterozygosity
From heterozygous + -ity.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian хетерозиготност
- хетерозиготност (heterozigotnost)the condition of being heterozygous
French hétérozygotie
- hétérozygotiethe condition of being heterozygous
German Heterozygotie, Mischerbigkeit
- Heterozygotiethe condition of being heterozygous
- Mischerbigkeitthe condition of being heterozygous
- Heterozygositätthe condition of being heterozygous
Irish heitrisigóiseacht
- heitrisigóiseachtthe condition of being heterozygous
Polish heterozygotyczność
- heterozygotycznośćthe condition of being heterozygous
Russian гетерозиго́тность
- гетерозиго́тность (geterozigótnostʹ)the condition of being heterozygous
Cite this entry
APA
heterozygosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterozygosity
MLA
“heterozygosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterozygosity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heterozygosity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterozygosity.
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