单词 | hologynic |
释义 | hologynic in British English (ˌhɒləˈdʒɪnɪk, ˌhɒləˈdʒaɪnɪk) adjective genetics carried or located on an X-chromosome, therefore passed on genetically from mother to daughter a hologynic trait/gene hologynic inheritance/genetic information hologynic in American English (ˌhɑləˈdʒɪnɪk, -ˈɡainɪk, -ˈdʒai-, ˌhoulə-) adjective Genetics of or pertaining to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric) Word origin [1945–50; holo- + gyn- + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: on-line, poison pill, spin-off, synchronized swimming, taxi squadholo- is a combining form meaning “whole,” “entire,” used in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix holo- include: hologamous, holophote, holophrasis, holoplankton, holothurian; -ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic) |
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