clonally

English

Etymology

From clonal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

clonally (not comparable)

1. (chiefly botany) By means of asexual reproduction. [from 20th c.]
2. By means of cellular or molecular cloning; in a clonal way. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 39:

     But cancer is not simply a clonal disease; it is a clonally evolving disease.

Related terms

• monoclonally