polygenic

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Definition of polygenic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
    “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.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
    “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.”
  2. (not-comparable)having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)

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Etymology

From poly- + -genic.

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