MONOSOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monosomy mean? 

• MONOSOMY (noun)
  The noun MONOSOMY has 1 sense:

1. chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number

  Familiarity information: MONOSOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOSOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("monosomy" is a kind of...):

chromosomal aberration; chromosomal anomaly; chromosonal disorder; chrosomal abnormality (any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities)

 Context examples 

In a normally diploid cell the loss of a chromosome pair is termed nullisomy (symbol: 2N-2), the loss of a single chromosome is monosomy (symbol: 2N-1), the addition of a chromosome pair is tetrasomy (symbol: 2N+2), the addition of a single chromosome is trisomy (symbol: 2N+1).

(Aneuploidy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)