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dizygotic

[ dahy-zahy-got-ik ]

adjective

  1. developed from two fertilized ova, as fraternal twins.


dizygotic

/ dī′zī-gŏtĭk /

  1. Derived from two separately fertilized eggs. Used especially of fraternal twins.


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Other Words From

  • di·zy·gos·i·ty [di-zahy-, gos, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dizygotic1

First recorded in 1925–30; di- 1 + zygotic
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Example Sentences

She and colleagues looked for epigenetic differences at over 450,000 sites along the genomes of nearly 6,000 monozygotic twins and dizygotic, or fraternal, twins.

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