monosomic

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adjective

Relating to a monosome

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Meanings

adjectivemonosomic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to a monosome

    The Sou variants, which appear on the background of nongrowing cells plated on sorbose as a sole source of carbon, are monosomic for chromosome 5; furthermore, either homolog can be lost under these conditions (13 ).

    2000 July 14, B. B. Magee, P. T. Magee, “Induction of Mating in Candida albicans by Construction of MTLa and MTLalpha Strains”, in Science, volume 289, number 5477, →DOI, pages 310–313
nounmonosomic (plural monosomics)

plural monosomics

  1. An individual that possesses a monosome

Origin

From monosome + -ic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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