trisomy

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Etymology

From trisome +‎ -y.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌɪ.sə(ʊ)mi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

trisomy (countable and uncountable, plural trisomies)

  1. (cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.

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