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mat·ro·cli·nous (mat″ro-kliґnəs) [Gr. mētēr mother + klinein to incline] inheriting or inherited from the mother; possessing characters inherited from the mother. Cf. patrocliny.Medical dictionary. 2011.
matroclinous — resembling the mother rather than the father, 1911, from MATRI (Cf. matri ) + Gk. klinein to lean (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
matroclinous — matro·cli·nous … English syllables
matroclinous — a. matriclinous … Dictionary of difficult words
matroclinous — |klīnəs adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary matr + clinous : derived or inherited from the mother or maternal line compare maternal inheritance, patroclinous … Useful english dictionary
matroclinous inheritance — the hereditary mechanism resulting in only the chromatin of the mother being passed on to the offspring which are all daughters. Also spelled matriclinous … Dictionary of ichthyology
matriclinous — matroclinous … Dictionary of ichthyology
matrocliny — matroclinous, matroclinal, matroclinic /ma treuh klin ik, may /, adj. /ma treuh kluy nee, may /, n. Genetics. inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny). Also,… … Universalium
matriclinous — mat·ri·cli·nous .ma trə klī nəs adj MATROCLINOUS * * * mat·ri·cli·nous (mat″rĭ kliґnəs) matroclinous … Medical dictionary
matrocliny — mat·ro·cli·ny ma trə .klī nē n, pl nies the quality or state of being matroclinous * * * mat·ro·cli·ny (mat″ro kliґne) the state of being matroclinous … Medical dictionary
patroclinous — pat·ro·cli·nous klī nəs adj derived or inherited from the father or paternal line compare MATROCLINOUS * * * pat·ro·cli·nous (pat″ro kliґnəs) [Gr. patēr father + klinein to incline] inheriting or inherited from the father; having… … Medical dictionary
