Word: heteroalleles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: he
ter
oa
lle
les
Definition: Plural of heteroallele. Any of several alternative forms of a gene that differ at different mutation sites.
Morphemes:
Affix: hetero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: other, different
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἕτερος
Language: grc
Decoded: eteros
Meaning: other, another, different
Affix: allele
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.