English

hemizygosity

From hemi- + zygosity.

A compound of hemi- + zygosity

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Today it means

noun The state of being hemizygous.

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Etymograph / hemizygosity

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