heterozygous

1. 1.

   having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci

   “heterozygous for eye color”

   Antonymshomozygous

   genetics

Questions about heterozygous

What does heterozygous mean?

heterozygous means "having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci".

How many syllables are in heterozygous?

heterozygous has 5 syllables: het-e-ro-zy-gous. The stress falls on "zy". In IPA it is /ˌhɛtɚəˈzaɪɡəs/.

What is the opposite of heterozygous?

The recorded antonyms are homozygous.

Is heterozygous a common word?

heterozygous 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.