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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLYGENIC

POLYGENIC Pol `y *gen "ic, a. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

polygenic

pol y gen ic |ˌpäliˈjenik pɑliˈʤɛnɪk | ▶adjective Genetics of, relating to, or determined by polygenes. DERIVATIVES pol y gen i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN 1940s: from Greek polugenēs ‘of many kinds ’ + -ic .

 

Oxford Dictionary

polygenic

polygenic |ˌpɒlɪˈdʒɛnɪk | ▶adjective Genetics relating to or determined by polygenes. DERIVATIVES polygenically adverb ORIGIN 1940s: from Greek polugenēs ‘of many kinds ’ + -ic .