Japanese symbol for “homozygous”
ホモ
ホモ
Romaji: homo
homo-
In Japanese, homozygous is ホモ (homo).
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Meanings
- pref homo-
- n homo; (male) homosexual
- n homozygote (genet)
- adj-no homozygous (genet)
- n homogenization
Other Japanese words for “homozygous”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ホモ接合型 | ホモせつごうがた homosetsugougata | homozygous |
| ホモ接合 | ホモせつごう homosetsugou | homozygous |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.