trisomy

English

Etymology

From trisome + -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌɪ.sə(ʊ)mi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.

Coordinate terms

• disomy
• monosomy
• polysomy
• tetrasomy

Derived terms

• full trisomy
• partial trisomy
• primary trisomy
• secondary trisomy
• tertiary trisomy
• trisomy 16
• trisomy 18
• trisomy 21
• trisomy 22
• trisomy 8
• trisomy 9
• trisomy X

Translations

three copies of a chromosome

• Finnish: trisomia (fi)
• French: trisomie (fr) f
• German: Trisomie (de) f
• Greek: τρισωμία f (trisomía)
• Icelandic: þrístæða f

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