dizygotic

[ dahy-zahy-got-ik ]

adjective

1. developed from two fertilized ova, as fraternal twins.

dizygotic

/ dī′zī-gŏt′ĭk /

1. Derived from two separately fertilized eggs. Used especially of fraternal twins.

Other Words From

• di·zy·gos·i·ty [di-zahy-, gos, -i-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dizygotic¹

First recorded in 1925–30; di- ¹ + zygotic

Example Sentences

She and colleagues looked for epigenetic differences at over 450,000 sites along the genomes of nearly 6,000 monozygotic twins and dizygotic, or fraternal, twins.

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