zygoushttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zygous_combform%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use-zygous, comb. form
First published 2010

-zygouscombining form

  1. 1.
    Physical Anthropology. Forming adjectives relating to the zygomatic arches of the skull, as cryptozygous adj.
  2. 2.
    Genetics. Forming adjectives relating to the state of pairing of alleles at one or more genetic loci, as hemizygous adj., homozygous adj., etc.

-zygous, comb. form was first published in November 2010.

-zygous, comb. form was last modified in December 2024.