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monozygotic

adjective
mono路​zy路​got路​ic | \ 藢m盲-n蓹-z墨-藞g盲-tik How to pronounce monozygotic (audio) \

Definition of monozygotic

: derived from a single egg monozygotic twins
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 Grown from the same, single fertilized egg, monozygotic twins have nearly identical genomes. — Nadia Drake, WIRED, "DNA Test That Distinguishes Identical Twins May Be Used in Court for First Time," 4 Dec. 2014

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First Known Use of monozygotic

1916, in the meaning defined above

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monozygotic

adjective
mono路​zy路​got路​ic | \ 藢m盲n-蓹-z墨-藞g盲t-ik How to pronounce monozygotic (audio) \

Medical Definition of monozygotic

: derived from a single egg monozygotic twins

Other Words from monozygotic

monozygosity \ -​藞g盲s-​蓹t-​膿 How to pronounce monozygosity (audio) \ noun, plural monozygosities

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