XXY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does XXY mean? 

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

1. (genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male resulting in Klinefelter's syndrome

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• XXY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male resulting in Klinefelter's syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

sex chromosome ((genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

 Context examples 

Genetic disease that produces sterile males with small testes lacking sperm due to XXY karyotype.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The classic form has the karyotype 47,XXY.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)