homozygosity
noun
homozygosity is a noun meaning “The condition of being homozygous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-O-M-O-Z-Y-G-O-S-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of homozygosity is homozygosities.
What does homozygosity mean?
noun
- 1
The condition of being homozygous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of homozygosity
- homozygosities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is homozygosity?
Homozygosity appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Homozygosity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being homozygous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | homozygotie |
| German | Homozygotie, Reinerbigkeit, Homozygosität |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does homozygosity come from?
From homozygous + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).