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semilethality en · NOUN

Etymology

From semi- + lethality.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being semilethal.
    • In Drosophila melanogaster a single orthologous hand gene is expressed with absence of the respective protein causing semilethality during early larval instars. 2015 August 8, “The bHLH Transcription Factor Hand Regulates the Expression of Genes Critical to Heart and Muscle Function in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: