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trisomy

1930, from trisome (from tri- + ending from chromosome) + -y (4).

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trisomy

n. (context cytology English) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.

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trisomy

n. chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell

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Trisomy

A trisomy is a type of polysomy in which there are three instances of a particular chromosome, instead of the normal two. A trisomy is a type of aneuploidy (an abnormal number of chromosomes).

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The second, the minority of cases, was a permanent chromosomal attachment in the mother, a translocation trisomy, a fluke of a fluke that struck mothers of all ages equally.