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zygotic

 [zahy-got-ik]  

zy·got·ic

   [zahy-got-ik]
adjective Biology.
1.
of or pertaining to a zygote.
2.
having zygosity.
Origin:
1905–10; zygote + -ic

Related forms
zy·got·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Zygotic is always a great word to know.
So is nucleus. Does it mean:
a mass of protoplasm found in most cells, directing their growth, metabolism, reproduction, and functioning in the transmission of genic characters
a microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane, the basic structural unit of all organisms
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zygote (ˈzaɪɡəʊt, ˈzɪɡ-)
 
—n
1.  the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon
2.  the organism that develops from such a cell
 
[C19: from Greek zugōtos yoked, from zugoun to yoke]
 
zygotic
 
—adj
 
zy'gotically
 
—adv

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