clonally en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English clone English -al English clonal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English clonally From clonal + -ly.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) By means of asexual reproduction.
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(not-comparable) By means of cellular or molecular cloning; in a clonal way.
But cancer is not simply a clonal disease; it is a clonally evolving disease.
2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 39:
Deriveds
hemiclonally · oligoclonally · intraclonally · subclonally