monosomy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English monosome

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ieder.

Middle English -ie

Middle English -y

English -y

English monosomy

From monosome + -y.

Noun

monosomy (countable and uncountable, plural monosomies)

1. A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.

Related terms

• aneuploidy
• monosomic
• trisomy

Translations

genetic disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單體性 / 单体性 (zh) (dāntǐxìng)

• Czech: monozomie f
• Finnish: monosomia (fi)
• Icelandic: einstæða f, staklitnun f
• Spanish: monosomía f