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polysomy Cytology.|ˈpɒlɪsəʊmɪ| [f. as prec. + -y3.] The state of being polysomic.
1932C. D. Darlington Rec. Adv. Cytol. iii. 59 Reduplication of some of the chromosomes of a set beyond the normal diploid number is called polysomy. 1946Nature 17 Aug. 239/2 It is not impossible that polysomy and failure of pairing may be jointly responsible for the abnormal numbers [of chromosomes] observed. 1966[see prec.]. 1973Cytogenetics & Cell Genetics XII. 87 The first recorded observation of XYY polysomy in man was made by Sandberg et al. in 1961. |