Medical term:
polygenic
polygenic
[pol″e-jēn´ik]pertaining to or determined by several different genes.
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pol·y·gen·ic
(pol'ē-jen'ik),Relating to a hereditary disease or normal characteristic controlled by the added effects of genes at multiple loci.
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polygenic
(pŏl′ē-jĕn′ĭk)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or determined by polygenes: polygenic inheritance.
2.
a. Of or relating to polygenesis; polygenetic.
b. Of or relating to polygenism.
pol′y·gen′i·cal·ly adv.
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pol·y·gen·ic
(pol'ē-jen'ik)Relating to a hereditary disease or normal characteristic controlled by the added effects of genes at multiple loci.
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