Definition of Monozygotic twin

1. Noun. Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material).

Exact synonyms: Identical Twin, Monozygous Twin
Specialized synonyms: Conjoined Twin, Siamese Twin
Generic synonyms: Twin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monozygotic Twin

monovular
monowheel
monowheels
monoxenous
monoxide
monoxides
monoxime
monoximes
monoxylon
monoxylons
monoxylous
monozoa
monozoic
monozygotic
monozygotic twin (current term)
monozygous twin
monozygous twins
mons ureteris
monseigneur
monseigneurs
monsel's salt
monsel's solution
monsieurs
monsignori
monsignorial

Literary usage of Monozygotic twin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions by Rebecca Singer Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol Linda Kumpfer (1999)
"Pickens and colleagues (1991) found that both male and female monozygotic twin pairs had a IVi-fold increased risk of drug abuse compared with dizygotic ..."

2. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"A very young monozygotic twin. Anat. Rec., vol. 16, 164 (1919). STROMBERG, GUSTAF. See ADAMS, WALTER S. STURTEVANT, AH, CB BRIDGES, and TH MORGAN. ..."

3. 54 by Wu Ming (2005)
"He was perfect, the monozygotic twin of the most elegant man in the world. Apart from the fact that he delivered his lines in quebecois French. ..."

4. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"... LB; Lohr, JB; and Linington, BB Subtle signs of prenatal mal- development of the hand ectoderm in schizophrenia: A preliminary monozygotic twin study. ..."

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