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Definition of "chimerism" []

  • The condition of being a genetic chimera. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "chimerism" in a sentence
  • "Contemporary use of the term chimerism derives from the idea of a"
  • "However, there is another way to create a hybrid race, called chimerism, which is a process of combining embryos from two species to create a brand new one."
  • "And unless there ` s a transfusion or a very unusual genetic anomaly called chimerism, it ` s not going to happen."