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monosomic

American

[mon-uh-soh-mik] / ˌmɒn əˈsoʊ mɪk /

adjective

Genetics.

having one less than the usual diploid number of chromosomes.

Etymology

Origin of monosomic

First recorded in 1925–30; monosome + -ic

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