See Also: hemizygous(medicine)
hemizygous gene(medicine)

remancipate (iou) and hemizygous (medicine)


remancipate (iou)



remancipate verb trans. M17.
[Latin remancipat- pa. ppl stem of remancipare, formed as RE- + mancipare MANCIPATE.]
Roman Law. Reconvey to the previous owner.
remanci'pation noun M17.

hemizygous (medicine)


hemizygous
<genetics> A situation within a cell where only one copy of a gene or group of genes is present instead of the usual two copies per gene in a diploid genome. The word is used as in the following example: the cell is hemizygous for gene X.