- het|er|o|zy|gous
- het|er|o|zy|gous «HEHT uhr uh ZY guhs», adjective.of or having to do with a heterozygote.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
het|er|o|zy|gous
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het|er|ol|o|gous — «HEHT uh ROL uh guhs», adjective. 1. having a different relation; not corresponding. 2. (of cells and antiserums) immunologically related but not identical. 3. Medicine. having abnormal tissue, as a tumor. ╂[< hetero + Greek lógos ratio,… … Useful english dictionary
gous — adeph·a·gous; ag·ro anal·o·gous; al·goph·a·gous; al·gous; anal·o·gous; an·thoph·a·gous; an·thro·poph·a·gous; an·til·o·gous; aph·a·no·zy·gous; aphid·oph·a·gous; ar·ach·noph·a·gous; as·trol·o·gous; au·tol·o·gous; au·toph·a·gous;… … English syllables
het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… … English syllables
heterologous — het·er·ol·o·gous … English syllables
heterologously — het·er·ol·o·gous·ly … English syllables
heterophagous — het·er·oph·a·gous … English syllables
heterozygous — het·er·o·zy·gous … English syllables
heterozygously — het·er·o·zy·gous·ly … English syllables
heterozygous — het•er•o•zy•gous [[t]ˌhɛt ər əˈzaɪ gəs[/t]] also het•er•o•zy•got•ic [[t] ə roʊ zaɪˈgɒt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) gen having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic 2) gen of or pertaining to a heterozygote • Etymology: hetero + Gk zygos … From formal English to slang
heterologous — het•er•ol•o•gous [[t]ˌhɛt əˈrɒl ə gəs[/t]] adj. 1) bio of unlike evolutionary origin, as apparently similar organic structures 2) med pat consisting of dissimilar tissue, as that of another species or that of a tumor 3) imu pertaining to an… … From formal English to slang
