trisomy syndromenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtrɪ.sə.mi ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/ˈtraɪ.soʊ.mi ˌsɪn.droʊm/specializeda condition in which someone has three rather than two chromosomes in some or all of the body cells:
Trisomy 21 syndrome, also called Down's syndrome, affects physical and mental development.
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- Human Genome Project
- inheritance
- mutation
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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