cryptomere
noun
cryp·to·mere
ˈkriptəˌmi(ə)r
plural -s
: a gene or factor (as a heterozygous recessive) not detectable by inspection of the individual carrying it but demonstrable by suitable crosses
cryptomerism noun
kripˈtäməˌrizəm
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
crypt- + -mere
First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
- perissodactylic
- perissodactylism
- perissodactylous
- perissodactyls
- perissology
- peristalith
- peristaliths
- peristalses
- peristalsis
- peristaltic
- peristaltic pump
- peristaltically
- peristaltoid
- peristedia
- peristediinaes
- peristedions
- peristele
- peristeri
- peristerite
- Peristeromorphae
- peristeromorphic
- peristeronic
- peristeropod
- peristeropode
- Peristeropodes