See mosaicism on Wiktionary
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"(genetics) The condition in which more than one genetically distinct population of cells coexist within one individual."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"genetics",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "xiāngqiàn xiànxiàng",
"sense": "condition",
"word": "鑲嵌現象 /镶嵌现象"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qiànhé xiànxiàng",
"sense": "condition",
"word": "嵌合現象 /嵌合现象"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qiànhéxìng",
"sense": "condition",
"word": "嵌合性"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "condition",
"word": "mosaikismi"
}
],
"word": "mosaicism"
}
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