Since 1990 they have found an entirely new role: they promise understanding of how and why our genes are all so different. They hold the key to human polymorphism.
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Polymorphism
//pɑliˈmɔɹfɪz(ə)m//
Synonyms for "polymorphism" (11 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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12 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պոլիմորֆիզմ noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
Catalan
3 entries- polimorfisme noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfisme noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
- polimorfisme noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 多态性 noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- 多態性 /多态性 noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
Czech
4 entries- mnohotvarost noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polymorfismus noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polymorfizmus noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polymorfizmus noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
Dutch
4 entries- polymorfisme noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polymorfisme noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polymorfisme noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polymorfisme noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Finnish
4 entries- monimuotoisuus noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- monimuotoisuus noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- monimuotoisuus noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- monimuotoisuus noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
French
4 entries- polymorphisme noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polymorphisme noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polymorphisme noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polymorphisme noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
German
4 entries- Polymorphie noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- Polymorphie noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- Polymorphismus noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- Polymorphismus noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
Greek
4 entries- πολυμορφισμός noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- πολυμορφισμός noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- πολυμορφισμός noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- πολυμορφισμός noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Hungarian
2 entries- polimorfizmus noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polimorfizmus noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
Icelandic
4 entries- fjölbreytni noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- fjölbreytni noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- fjölbreytni noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- fjölbreytni noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Irish
1 entries- polamorfacht noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
Italian
4 entries- polimorfismo noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfismo noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polimorfismo noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polimorfismo noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Japanese
4 entries- 同質異像 noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
- 多形 noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- 多形 noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
- 多形性 noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
Kazakh
3 entries- көп пішінділік noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- көппiшiндiлiк noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- полиморфизм noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Manx
1 entries- yl-chrooaght noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
Polish
4 entries- polimorfizm noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfizm noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polimorfizm noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polimorfizm noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Portuguese
4 entries- polimorfismo noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfismo noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polimorfismo noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polimorfismo noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Romanian
1 entries- polimorfism noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
Russian
1 entries- полиморфи́зм noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- polimorfizam noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfizam noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- polimorfizam noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
- višeobličje noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
Slovene
2 entries- polimorfizem noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfizem noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
Spanish
3 entries- polimorfia noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfismo noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polimorfismo noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
Swedish
3 entries- polymorfism noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polymorfism noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- polymorfism noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
Turkish
4 entries- polimorfizm noun (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population)
- polymorfizm noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
- polymorfizm noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- çok biçimlilik noun (ability to assume different forms or shapes)
Ukrainian
3 entries- поліморфі́зм noun (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex)
- поліморфі́зм noun (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming)
- поліморфі́зм noun (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Some polymorphisms can be quite stable – so stable that they span the change from an ancestral to a descendant species.
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