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SEX-LINKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sex-linked mean?
• SEX-LINKED (adjective)
The adjective SEX-LINKED has 1 sense:
1. concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
Familiarity information: SEX-LINKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sex linkage (an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other)
Context examples
AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals with hemophilia, a sex-linked hereditary blood defect that occurs almost exclusively in males and is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood and consequent difficulty in controlling hemorrhage even after minor injuries.
(AIDS in Hemophiliac Population, NCI Thesaurus)
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