单词 | monozygotic |
释义 | monozygoticadj.n. Biology and Medicine. A. adj. Of twins or other multiple births: derived from a single fertilized ovum. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > zygote or syngamete > monozygosity, etc. binovular1900 uniovular1904 heterozygotic1911 monozygotic1916 one-egg1921 homozygotic1927 dizygotic1930 monozygous1931 monovular1932 dizygous1940 monozygote1955 two-egg1959 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > twin > identical monozygotic1916 1916 Science 4 Feb. 178/1 In addition to ordinary fraternal (dizygotic) twins there are numbers of ‘identical’ (monozygotic) twins of both sexes. 1917 H. H. Newman Biol. of Twins 3 Such twins, quadruplets, or larger sets of offspring are known as monozygotic. 1930 Nature 15 Nov. 766 Dizygotic twins are..on the whole inferior to their brothers and sisters in the physical measurements, but this is certainly not the case with monozygotic twins. 1965 Listener 24 June 930/2 We have learnt, too, the significance of a natural freak—the monozygotic or identical twin. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. June 30/2 Such monozygotic twins..form only a small proportion of all twins. 1989 G. E. Klyve & C. G. Oakley Legend of Perseus i. 12 You see, Proetus and Acrisius were diamniotic, monochorial, monozygotic twins..and had found themselves competing for the same blood supply. B. n. An individual monozygotic twin (triplet, etc.).In quot. 1926: (with the) monozygotic twins as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > zygote or syngamete > monozygosity, etc. > individual monozygotic1926 monozygote1929 1926 V. Hammarling tr. G. Dahlberg Twin Births 13 The monozygotic in Germany comprise 1:4 of the twins. 1929 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 92 108 [Reviewing Dahlberg's Twin Births] This makes the monozygotics about 20 to 30 per cent. of all twins. 1957 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 64 759 Because the twins were believed to be probable monozygotics, excess skin was taken from the less extensively burned twin and cross-transplanted to her sister. 1988 Daily Tel. 7 June 17/8 One of the commonest instances of telepathy between monozygotics is the transferring of unhappiness, regardless of distance. 2000 Pediatrics 105 800 When only the youngest individuals in each group were considered, 100% (7/7) of the monozygotics and 50% (5/10) of the dizygotics demonstrated this trait. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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