prepotency

n. 优势, 遗传优势 [医] 优性, 遗传优势

词形变化

prepotencies 复数 prepotencies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.

    可数 不可数 生物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

predominance predomination

上位词 6

control dominance ascendance ascendancy ascendence ascendency

词源

From pre- + potency.

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