Meanings
- not comparablebiologycontrolled by the interaction of more than one gene
1 more example
A risk score based on multiple genetic differences, or polygenic risk score, predicted significantly more cases of early-onset heart disease than standard tests for single genetic defects, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.
2018, American Heart Association, “Multi-gene Test Predicts Early Heart Disease Risk”, in Drug Discovery & DevelopmentSynonyms: multigenic, plurigenic, polygenetic[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecontrolled by the interaction of more than one gene
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan poligènic
- poligènic(genetics)
French polygénique
- polygénique(genetics)
Italian plurigenico, poligenico
- plurigenico(genetics)
- poligenico(genetics)
Portuguese poligénico, poligênico
- poligénico(genetics)
- poligênico(genetics)
Romanian poligenic
- poligenic(genetics)
Spanish poligénico
- poligénico(genetics)
Cite this entry
polygenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygenic
“polygenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygenic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polygenic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygenic.
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