allelic

1. 1.

   of or relating to alleles

   Synonymsallelomorphic

Questions about allelic

What does allelic mean?

allelic means "of or relating to alleles".

How many syllables are in allelic?

allelic has 3 syllables: al-lel-ic. The stress falls on "lel". In IPA it is /əˈlɛlɪk/.

What is another word for allelic?

Close synonyms include allelomorphic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allelic a common word?

allelic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.