- epistases
- n. exclusion of a gene by the effect of another unrelated gene (Genetics); stoppage of a secretion (Medicine)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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epistasis — noun (plural epistases) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, act of stopping, from ephistanai to stop, from epi + histanai to cause to stand more at stand Date: circa 1917 suppression of the effect of a gene by a nonallelic gene • epistatic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
epistasis — epistatic /ep euh stat ik/, adj. /i pis teuh sis/, n., pl. epistases / seez /. 1. Genetics. a form of interaction between nonallelic genes in which one combination of such genes has a dominant effect over other combinations. 2. Med. a. the… … Universalium
