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Definition of Monosomy

1. Noun. Chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number.

Definition of Monosomy

1. a condition of having one unpaired chromosome [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Monosomy

1. Situation in a normally diploid cell or organism in which one or more of the homologous chromosome pairs is represented by only one chromosome of the pair. For example: sex determination in grasshoppers depends on the fact that females are XX and males XO, that is, males have only one sex chromosome and are monosomic for the X chromosome. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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