| NOUN | phenomenon | polymorphism | (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on |
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| phenomenon | polymorphism, pleomorphism | (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | |
| phenomenon | polymorphism | (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) |
| Sounds | paa.liymao'rfihzahm; paa.liymao'rfihzm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| aneurism ... tribalism: 7 rhymes with ihzm... | ||
| Meaning | (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on. | |
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| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Narrower | single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered |
| Broader | organic phenomenon | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
| Meaning | (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound. | |
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| Synonym | pleomorphism | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | dimorphism | (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms |
| Broader | chemical phenomenon | Any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) |
| Spanish | polimorfismo | |
| Catalan | polimorfisme | |
| Adjectives | polymorphous, polymorphic | relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms |
| Meaning | (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences). | |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Narrower | dimorphism | (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) |
| Broader | organic phenomenon | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
| Spanish | polimorfismo | |
| Catalan | polimorfisme | |
| Adjectives | polymorphic, polymorphous | relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population |
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