Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
uni·pa·ren·tal Pronunciation:
"yü-ni-p&-'rent-&l Function:
adjective : having, involving, or derivedfrom a single parent;
specifically : involving or being inheritance in which an offspring's complete genotype or all copies of one or more genes, chromosome parts, or whole chromosomesare derived from a single parent <
uniparental disomy> —
uni·pa·ren·tal·ly /-&l-E/ adverb