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-zygous  
suff.   Having a zygotic constitution of a specified kind: heterozygous.


[From Greek -zugos, yoked, from zugon, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

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-zygous  
A suffix meaning "having zygotes of a specified kind," as in heterozygous.

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