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Definition of Monozygotic twin
1. Noun. Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material).
Specialized synonyms: Conjoined Twin, Siamese Twin
Generic synonyms: Twin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monozygotic Twin
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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