Meaning of mosaicism | Babel Free
Definitions
The condition in which more than one genetically distinct population of cells coexist within one individual.
Equivalents
Suomi
mosaikismi
Tiếng Việt
thể khảm
Examples
“Some but not all of the cells that made up the fetus […] had an extra chromosome on the twentieth pair. A mosaicism, it was called.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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