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Where does “hemizygot” come from?

hemizygot (German) comes from German Zygote, from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός.

hemizygot (German): hemizygous, hemizygotic

Definitions

  1. hemizygous, hemizygotic

Ancestry of “hemizygot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZygotezygote
2Ancient Greekζῠγωτός—
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