monozygotic

1. 1.

   derived from a single fertilized egg

   “monozygotic twins”

Questions about monozygotic

What does monozygotic mean?

monozygotic means "derived from a single fertilized egg".

How many syllables are in monozygotic?

monozygotic has 5 syllables and divides as mo-no-zy-go-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is monozygotic a common word?

monozygotic 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.