ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Prepotency

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Prepotency is a noun meaning The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

Meaning

The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

More Meanings

  1. (biology) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prepollence, prepollency, precompetence, precellency, preponderation, prefidence.

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