Usually means: Possessing two identical alleles.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word homozygous:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. homozygous: Merriam-Webster
  2. homozygous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. homozygous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. homozygous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. homozygous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Homozygous, homozygous: Wordnik
  7. homozygous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. homozygous: Wiktionary
  9. homozygous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. homozygous: Dictionary.com
  11. Homozygous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. homozygous: Rhymezone
  13. homozygous: FreeDictionary.org
  14. homozygous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. homozygous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homozygous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. homozygous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Homozygous: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Homozygous: GLOSSARY of BLOOD RELATED TERMS
  5. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  7. homozygous: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Homozygous: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  3. homozygous: Evolution Glossary
  4. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Homozygous: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See homozygously as well.)

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adjective:  Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

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