Congenital Abnormality
monosomy Audio
mon·o·so·my
Subclass of:
Aneuploidy
Definitions related to monosomy:
  • A chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The condition in which one chromosome of a pair is missing. In a normally diploid cell it is represented symbolically as 2N-1.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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