-zygouscombining form
Meaning & use
- 1.Physical Anthropology. Forming adjectives relating to the zygomatic arches of the skull, as cryptozygous adj.
- 2.Genetics. Forming adjectives relating to the state of pairing of alleles at one or more genetic loci, as hemizygous adj., homozygous adj., etc.
- 3.Genetics. = ‑zygotic comb. form 2.