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trisomy (n.)
1930, from trisome (from tri- + ending from chromosome) + -y (4).
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-y (4)
suffix indicating state, condition, or quality; also activity or the result of it (as in victory, history, etc.), via Anglo-French and Old French -é, from Latin -ia, Greek -ia, from PIE *-a-, suffix forming abstract or collective nouns. It is etymologically identical with -ia and the second element in -cy, -ery, -logy, etc.
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Definitions of trisomy
trisomy (n.)
chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell;
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