zygohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zygo_combform%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezygo-, comb. form
First published 1921; not fully revised

zygo-combining form

  1. before a vowel usually zyg-, representing Greek ζυγο-, combining form of ζυγόν yoke; occurring in various scientific terms, of which the more important will be found in their alphabetical places. (In terms of Biology the prefix often refers to conjugation or zygosis as a method of reproduction: see conjugation n. 5.)
    1. Denoting an ossicle in the stomach of the…
    1. = zygospore, n.
    1. Either of the two conjugating cells or gametes…
    1. (See quot.).
    1. A zoospore formed by conjugation; a motile zygospore.
    1. A plant which reproduces by conjugation.
    1. Having molar teeth with an even number of cusps…
    1. Belonging to, or a member of, the division…
    1. Applied to those ophiuroids in which the arms are…
    1. A member of, or belonging to, the division…
    1. Applied to an arrangement of the nervous system…
    1. A differentiated hypha in Zygomycetes that takes…
    1. = bivalent, adj. & n.
    1. †a. A chromosome at zygotene; b. = zygotene, n…
    1. Reproduction involving the formation of a zygote.
    1. A site on a chromosome thought to be responsible…
    1. Zygoneurous condition.

zygo-, comb. form was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zygo-, comb. form was last modified in December 2023.