Synonyms & related words for heterozygosis

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of heterozygosis. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to heterozygosis

Explore words related to heterozygosis — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hemizygous, heterozygous, heterozygote, homozygous, homozygote, homozygosis, euploidy, allelomorphism. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does heterozygosis come from?

The word heterozygosis breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: hetero, from Greek heteros (“other, different”); zyg, from Greek zygon (“yoke, pair”); and -osis, from Greek -osis (“condition, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.