Associations to the word «Pleiotropy»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PLEIOTROPY, noun. (genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism
PLEIOTROPY, noun. (pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually implies additional beneficial effects.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.