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Definition of Monosomy

1. Noun. Chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number.

Definition of Monosomy

1. Noun. A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monosomy

1. a condition of having one unpaired chromosome [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Monosomy

1. Situation in a normally diploid cell or organism in which one or more of the homologous chromosome pairs is represented by only one chromosome of the pair. For example: sex determination in grasshoppers depends on the fact that females are XX and males XO, that is, males have only one sex chromosome and are monosomic for the X chromosome. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Monosomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"American Journal of Medical Genetics 83: 201-6, 1999 50. Waggoner DJ et al, Watson MS. Partial lOg monosomy: Three cases and a review of the literature. ..."

2. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"... Turner's syndrome (due to X- monosomy). In other instances, gender relations account substantially for observed gender differentials for a given health ..."

3. Risk Analysis: A Guide to Principles and Methods for Analyzing Health and by John J. Cohrssen, Vincent T. Covello (1989)
"... whereas numerical aberrations are gains or losses of whole chromosomes (eg, trisomy, monosomy) or sets of chromosomes (haploidy, polyploidy). ..."

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