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dizygotic

English

Etymology

di- +? zygotic

Adjective

dizygotic (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
    • 1976, Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick, Delacorte Press, Chapter 2, p. 27,
      I was not alone, moreover. I had a dizygotic twin, a female.

Usage notes

Used especially of non-identical twins.

Synonyms

  • dizygous
  • fraternal

Coordinate terms

  • monozygotic
  • identical
  • semi-identical
  • sesquizygotic

Translations

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  • what causes dizygotic twins
  • what is dizygotic and monozygotic twins
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zygote

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (zug?tós, “yoked”), past participle of ????? (zugó?, “to yoke”), from ????? (zugón, “yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”). Cognate with yoke and jugular.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?za????t/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?za??o?t/

Noun

zygote (plural zygotes)

  1. A fertilized egg cell.
    Hyponyms: homozygote, heterozygote

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • zygote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zi.??t/

Noun

zygote m (plural zygotes)

  1. zygote

Derived terms

  • zygotique

Further reading

  • “zygote” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

zygote From the web:

  • what zygote means
  • what's zygote formation
  • what zygote becomes after fertilization
  • what zygote is diploid
  • what's zygote fungi
  • what zygote does
  • what zygote formed
  • what zygote undergoes
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