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mosaicism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μοῦσᾰ (Moûsă) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon) Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon)der. Late Latin mūsīvum Medieval Latin musaicumbor. Italian mosaicoder. Middle French mosaïqueder. English mosaic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mosaicism From mosaic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The condition in which more than one genetically distinct population of cells coexist within one individual.
   • Some but not all of the cells that made up the fetus […] had an extra chromosome on the twentieth pair. A mosaicism, it was called. 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 14:

Forms

Relateds

mosaic

Translations (4)

fi mosaikismi (condition) · cmn 嵌合現象 /嵌合现象 (condition) · cmn 嵌合性 (condition) · cmn 鑲嵌現象 /镶嵌现象 (condition)