plei·ot·ro·py 
(plī-ŏtrə-pē) also plei·ot·ro·pism (-pĭz′əm)
(plī-ŏtrə-pē) also plei·ot·ro·pism (-pĭz′əm)n.
Biology
Biology
The production of diverse effects, especially the production by a single gene of several distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects.
[Greek pleiōn, more; see pelə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -TROPISM.]
plei′o·tropic (plī′ə-trōpĭk, -trŏpĭk) adj.
- proa
- proaction
- proactive
- proactively
- proactiveness
- proactivity
- pro-am
- probabilism
- probabilist
- probabilistic
- probabilistically
- probability
- probability cloud
- probability density
- probability distribution
- probability theory
- probability wave
- probable
- probable cause
- probable error
- probably
- proband
- probang
- probate
- probate court