"polygenic" meaning in English

See polygenic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From poly- + -genic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poly|genic}} poly- + -genic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polygenic (not comparable)
  1. (genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics Synonyms: multigenic, plurigenic Translations ((genetics)): poligènic (Catalan), polygénique (French), plurigenico (Italian), poligenico (Italian), poligénico [Portugal] (Portuguese), poligênico [Brazil] (Portuguese), poligenic (Romanian), poligénico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-polygenic-en-adj-JyZjzGwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, English terms suffixed with -genic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -genic: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 34 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '(genetics)': 81 19
  2. (mathematics, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-polygenic-en-adj-3ObRPGQ- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Topics: mathematics, sciences

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