azygous

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Odd; not one of a pair; single.

   the azygous muscle of the uvula

2. adjective In genetics, not containing a specific allele of a gene, or only having wild type alleles (cf. heterozygous, homozygous).

Similar words

azygos single odd-numbered zygopleural semizygous monozygotic monozygous monovular trizygous hemigynous

Often followed by

vein system continuation plate and veins venous blood arch anterior

Word family

azygos azygoses