ANEUPLOIDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aneuploidy mean? 

• ANEUPLOIDY (noun)
  The noun ANEUPLOIDY has 1 sense:

1. an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)

  Familiarity information: ANEUPLOIDY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANEUPLOIDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aneuploidy" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

 Context examples 

A cytogenetic aneuploidy abnormality that refers to the presence of one chromosome 5 only.

(Monosomy 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Autosomal aneuploidy not associated with trisomy.

(Non-Trisomic Autosomal Aneuploidy, NCI Thesaurus)

Moreover, PDA shows extensive genomic instability and aneuploidy.

(Pancreatic Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Disruptions in this process may result in aneuploidy of the resulting gametes, infertility in affected patients and trisomy in progeny.

(Meiotic Recombination, NCI Thesaurus)

This is to ensure that when fertilization occurs, the fertilized egg will carry the normal number of chromosomes rather than causing aneuploidy (an abnormal number of chromosomes).

(Meiosis, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mutations in this gene, which generate allelic variants have been associated with aneuploidy and several forms of cancer.

(BUB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with colorectal cancer, mosaic variegated aneuploidy syndrome and premature chromatid separation trait and may be involved in other carcinomas.

(BUB1B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Oral leukoplakia associated with advanced dysplasia in which genetic studies show aneuploidy.

(Aneuploid Dysplastic Oral Leukoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)