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Definition: Epistasis |
EpistasisNoun1. The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | The degree of dominance exerted by one gene on the expression of a non-allelic gene. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: EpistasisSynonym: hypostasis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Epistasis |
| Specialty definitions using "epistasis": Epistasis, Genetic. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epistasis | 19 |
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| Language | Translations for "epistasis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | epistasi (epistasy), epistase. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epistasie (epistasy), epistase. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epistasia (epistasy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | épistasie (epistasy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Epistasis (epistasy), Epistasie, Epistasia, Epistase. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιστασία,διαταραχή κατ'αντανάκλασιν (epistasy), επιστασία (stewardship, superintendency), επίστασις, επίσταση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | epistasia (epistasy), epistasi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epistasisay epistasia (epistasy). (various references) epistasis, epistasia, epístasis (epistasy). (various references) epistasi (epistasy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-p-s-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: epitasis, pastises. | |
-2 letters: asepsis, aspises, pasties, patsies, petsais, siestas, tapises, tassies. | |
-3 letters: assets, assist, isseis, passes, pastes, pastie, pastis, petsai, pietas, pisses, pistes, pities, sepias, sepsis, siesta, spaits, spates, speiss, spites, stapes, stases, stasis, stipes, tasses, tassie. | |
-4 letters: apses, apsis, aspis, asses, asset, easts, issei, paise, pases, passe, paste, pasts, pates, peats, pests, pieta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-p-s-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antisepsis, dissipates, epistasies, inspissate, patissiers, sparsities. | |
+2 letters: dissipaters, inspissated, inspissates, parasitises, passivities, patisseries, peristalsis, specialists. | |
+3 letters: hospitalises, spasticities. | |
+4 letters: associateship, dispassionate, dispensations, expansionists, impassivities, prostatitises, salpingitises, semiparasites, sophisticates, spiritualness, subspecialist. | |
+5 letters: associateships, dispensatories, dissipatedness, inappositeness, neoplasticisms, neoplasticists, nonspecialists, pedestrianisms, pitiablenesses, separationists, subspecialists, subspecialties. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 69 73 74 61 73 69 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p i s t a s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0069 0073 0074 0061 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398275858667857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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