"morgan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔɹɡən/ [General-American], /ˈmɔːɡən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-morgan.ogg Forms: morgans [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən Etymology: Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan. Head templates: {{en-noun}} morgan (plural morgans)
  1. (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome. Wikipedia link: Thomas Hunt Morgan Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: centimorgan
    Sense id: en-morgan-en-noun-xf0es6X~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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