Biology
monozygotic
Term: monozygotic
Origin: Anc Greek
???o-/mon?-(= comb. form meaning "single, alone,") > ????/meno(=stay at constant position, isolated)
> ???????/zygotos (yoked, joined) >?????/zygos(=yoke)
literally meaning ?one zygote?
Definition:
The term pertaining to twins who derived from one single fertilised egg formed after fertilization by one sperm (one zygote).
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Zygion
Term: zygionLiterally meaning: ?yoked?Origin: Anc Greek?????/zygos(=yoke, the joining between two, double)Coined/History(?)DefinitionZygion is a craniometric point at either end of zygomatic arch. ...
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Hemizygosity
Term: hemizygosityLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)???????/zygotia(=zigosity meaning the state of genes for a trait in diploids) > ?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by British...
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Hemizygous
Term: hemizygousLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926)Definition Hemizigosity is the state of having only...
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Heterozygous
Term: heterozygousOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/heteros(=different, other)?????/zygos(=yoke) Coined: ??? William Bateson (1861 ?1926) ??? The term introduced in 1902 by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926) and British botanist...
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Infertility And Assisted Reproductive Technologies (art)
INFERTILITY & ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ART) Infertility is the inability of male or female to produce children. The reasons for this may be physical, congenital, diseases, drugs, immunological or even psychological. Assisted...
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