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Polysomic vs Polysomia - What's the difference?

polysomic | polysomia |

As nouns the difference between polysomic and polysomia

is that polysomic is such an organism or chromosome while polysomia is a fetal malformation in which multiple bodies are partially fused together.

As an adjective polysomic

is having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement.

polysomic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement
  • In auto-polyploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homeologous chromosomes, rather than strictly homologous pairs.

    • Related terms

    * polysomy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • such an organism or chromosome

    • polysomia

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A fetal malformation in which multiple bodies are partially fused together