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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

azygous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /eɪˈzaɪɡəs/

Etymology

From a- + -zygous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Odd; not one of a pair; single.
    • the azygous muscle of the uvula
  2. (not-comparable) In genetics, not containing a specific allele of a gene, or only having wild type alleles (cf. heterozygous, homozygous).

Deriveds

azygous vein