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nondisjunction

[non-dis-juhngk-shuh n]
noun Biology.
  1. the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
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Origin of nondisjunction

First recorded in 1910–15; non- + disjunction
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  • Non-disjunction as proof of the chromosome theory of heredity.

    Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila

    Thomas Hunt Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for non-disjunction

nondisjunction

noun
  1. the failure of paired homologous chromosomes to move to opposite poles of the cell during meiosis
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Word Origin and History for non-disjunction

n.

also nondisjunction, 1913, from non- + disjunction. Related: Non-disjunctional.

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non-disjunction in Medicine

nondisjunction

(nŏn′dĭs-jŭngk′shən)
n.
  1. The failure of one or more pairs of chromosomes to separate at the miotic stage of karyokinesis, with the result that both chromosomes are carried to one daughter cell and none to the other.
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Related formsnon′dis•junc′tion•al adj.
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