polygenic
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English
Etymology
Adjective
polygenic (not comparable)
- (genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
- Synonyms: multigenic, plurigenic
- 2018, American Heart Association, “Multi-gene Test Predicts Early Heart Disease Risk”, in Drug Discovery & Development:
- A risk score based on multiple genetic differences, or polygenic risk score, predicted significantly more cases of early-onset heart disease than standard tests for single genetic defects, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.
- (mathematics, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)
Translations
(genetics)
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