Usually means: One copy of a gene.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word hemizygous:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. hemizygous: Merriam-Webster
  2. hemizygous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hemizygous: Wiktionary
  4. hemizygous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. hemizygous: Dictionary.com
  6. Hemizygous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. hemizygous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hemizygous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. hemizygous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Hemizygous: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. hemizygous: Medical dictionary
  6. Hemizygous: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hemizygous)

▸ adjective:  (genetics) Having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism

Similar:
hemizygotic, homogenic, homogametic, autoploid, transhemizygous, heteroploid, amphihaploid, homozigous, allohaploid, homoploid, more...

Opposite:
diploid, homozygous, heterozygous

Phrases:
hemizygous vein, more...

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Similar:
hemizygotic, homogenic, homogametic, autoploid, transhemizygous, heteroploid, amphihaploid, homozigous, allohaploid, homoploid, more...

Opposite:
diploid, homozygous, heterozygous

Phrases:
hemizygous vein, more...



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