Medical Term:
tetrad
Pronunciation: tet′rad
Definition:
- A collection of four things having something in common, such as a deformity with four features, Fallot tetralogy.
- In chemistry, a quadrivalent element.
- In heredity, a bivalent chromosome that divides into four chromatids during meiosis.
Synonym(s): tetralogy
[G. tetras (tetrad-), the number four]
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