ZYGOSIS
\za͡ɪɡˈə͡ʊsɪs], \zaɪɡˈəʊsɪs], \z_aɪ_ɡ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of ZYGOSIS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
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True conjugation or sexual union of two unicellular organisms, consisting essentially in the fusion of the nuclei of the two cells.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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z[=i]-g[=o]'sis, n. (bot.) conjugation, the coalescence of two distinct cells: the sexual intercourse of protoplasmic bodies.--n. ZY'GO[=I]TE, an organism resulting from zygosis.--adj. ZY'GOSE, pertaining to zygosis. [Gr. zyg[=o]sis, a joining.]
By Thomas Davidson
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(biol). = CONJUGATION. [Greek]
By Sir Augustus Henry
