haploinsufficiency en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English insufficiency English haploinsufficiency From haplo- + insufficiency.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| haploinsufficiencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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fi haploinsuffisienssi (Translations)