polygenic

1. 1.

   of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes

   Similarinheritable

   genetics

Questions about polygenic

What does polygenic mean?

polygenic means "of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes".

How many syllables are in polygenic?

polygenic has 4 syllables and divides as po-ly-ge-nic 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 polygenic a common word?

polygenic 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.