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polygenic en · ADJ

Etymology

From poly- + -genic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
    • A risk score based on multiple genetic differences, or polygenic risk score, predicted significantly more cases of early-onset heart disease than standard tests for single genetic defects, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine. 2018, American Heart Association, “Multi-gene Test Predicts Early Heart Disease Risk”, in Drug Discovery & Development:
  2. (not-comparable, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)

Deriveds

polygenically

Synonyms

plurigenic · polygenetic[Appendix:Glossary · multigenic

Translations (8)

it plurigenico ((genetics)) · pt poligénico ((genetics)) · es poligénico ((genetics)) · pt poligênico ((genetics)) · ca poligènic ((genetics)) · it poligenico ((genetics)) · ro poligenic ((genetics)) · fr polygénique ((genetics))