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MOSAICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mosaicism mean? 

MOSAICISM (noun)
  The noun MOSAICISM has 1 sense:

1. the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeupplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MOSAICISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)


 Context examples 


This contrasts with mosaicism in which the different cell populations are derived from a single individual.

(Chimerism, NCI Thesaurus)



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