Associations to the word «Trisomy»

Wiktionary

TRISOMY, noun. (cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.
TRISOMY 21, noun. The presence of three copies of the 21st chromosome in the karyotype.

Dictionary definition

TRISOMY, noun. Chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats