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Definition of Monozygotic
1. Adjective. Derived from a single fertilized egg. "Monozygotic twins"
Definition of Monozygotic
1. Adjective. (context: of an identical twin) That has developed from a single fertilized ovum ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monozygotic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Monozygotic
1. Monozygous Synonym: unigerminal. See: monozygotic twins. Origin: mono-+ G. Zygotos, yoked (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monozygotic
Literary usage of Monozygotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stopping Alcohol & Other Drug Use Before It Starts: The Future of Preventionedited by Robert L. DuPont edited by Robert L. DuPont (1996)
"Half-siblings of alcoholic parent or parents disproportionately alcoholic.
Rates of alcoholism higher in monozygotic twins (71.4 percent) than in dizygotic ..."
2. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"If, however, the association was the result of genes, then no association would
be seen in the monozygotic discordant twins because of their identical genes ..."
3. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"206 monozygotic and dizygotic Kopun and Propping reported in twins. The variance
in peak BAC and their study that the coefficient of vari- elimination rate ..."
4. Evaluation of Glove Bag Containment in Asbestos Removal by Bruce A. Hollett, Phillip A. Froelich, Paul E. Caplan, Thomas C. Cooper, Stanley A. Shulman (1990)
"The increase in the odds ratio would be the same in the general population (of
twins) and in both discordant monozygotic and dizygotic twins, ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... with numerous illustrations the strange correspondences in detail in the
external characters of monozygotic twins, whether found in the carapace of the ..."
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