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MONOZYGOTIC TWIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monozygotic twin mean?
• MONOZYGOTIC TWIN (noun)
The noun MONOZYGOTIC TWIN has 1 sense:
1. either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
Familiarity information: MONOZYGOTIC TWIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
identical twin; monozygotic twin; monozygous twin
Hypernyms ("monozygotic twin" is a kind of...):
twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monozygotic twin"):
conjoined twin; Siamese twin (one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point)
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