heterozygosis

[ het-uh-roh-zahy-goh-sis ]
/ ˌhɛt ə roʊ zaɪˈgoʊ sɪs /

noun Biology.

the state of being a heterozygote.

Origin of heterozygosis

First recorded in 1900–05; hetero- + zygosis

Words nearby heterozygosis

heterotypic cortex, heterotypical chromosome, heteroxanthine, heteroxenous, heteroxenous parasite, heterozygosis, heterozygosity, heterozygote, heterozygous, heth, hetian