pleiotropy (English, noun)
expansion: pleiotropy (countable and uncountable, plural pleiotropies)
Senses:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The existence of drug effects (especially beneficial effects) other than the one for which the drug was designed.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: pleiotropies
tags: plural