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MOSAICISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mosaicism mean?
• MOSAICISM (noun)
The noun MOSAICISM has 1 sense:
1. the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup
Familiarity information: MOSAICISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("mosaicism" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Context examples
This contrasts with mosaicism in which the different cell populations are derived from a single individual.
(Chimerism, NCI Thesaurus)
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