Meanings
nounmonosomy (countable and uncountable, plural monosomies)
plural monosomies
- countableuncountableA genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 單體性 /单体性
- 單體性 /单体性 (dāntǐxìng)genetic disorder
Czech monozomie
- monozomiegenetic disorder
Finnish monosomia
- monosomiagenetic disorder
Icelandic einstæða, staklitnun
- einstæðagenetic disorder
- staklitnungenetic disorder
Spanish monosomía
- monosomíagenetic disorder
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“monosomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monosomy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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