polygenic

English

Etymology

poly- + -genic

Adjective

polygenic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
  2. (mathematics, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)

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