adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Odd; not one of a pair; single. not-comparable

   "the azygous muscle of the uvula"

2. 2
   In genetics, not containing a specific allele of a gene, or only having wild type alleles (cf. heterozygous, homozygous). not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   occurring singly; not one of a pair wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

absolutealoneazygoscelibatelonenonpareil

Example

More examples

"the azygous muscle of the uvula"

Etymology

From a- + -zygous.

Related phrases

azygous vein

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.