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trisomy

[trahy-soh-mee]
noun Pathology.
  1. an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
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Origin of trisomy

First recorded in 1925–30; tri- + -some3 + -y3
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trisomy

noun
  1. the condition of having one chromosome of the set represented three times in an otherwise diploid organism, cell, etc. Trisomy of chromosome 21 results in Down's syndrome
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Derived Formstrisomic (traɪˈsəʊmɪk), adjective

Word Origin

C20: from tri- + (chromo) som (e) + -y ³
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Word Origin and History for trisomy

n.

1930, from trisomic (1921), from tri- + ending from chromosome.

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trisomy in Medicine

trisomy

(trī-sō′mē, trī′sō′-)
n.
  1. The condition of having three copies of a given chromosome or chromosome segment in each somatic cell rather than the normal number of two.
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Related formstri•so′mic adj.
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trisomy in Science

trisomy

[trī-sō′mē, trī′sō′-]
  1. The condition of having three copies of a given chromosome in each body cell rather than the normal number of two.
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