pleiotropy

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism.
2. noun The existence of drug effects (especially beneficial effects) other than the one for which the drug was designed.

Similar words

antagonistic pleiotrophy pleotropy pleotrophy pleiotropism pleiotrope pleitropism pleotropism polyphenism polygeny

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Word family

pleiotropies