See Also: epistasis(medicine)
epistasis(dictionary)
epistasis, genetic(medicine)

epistasis (iou)



epistasis noun. . E19.
[Greek = a stoppage, from ephistanai to check, stop, formed as EPI- + histanai put.]
1. Medicine. A film that forms on urine after it has stood. rare. E19.
2. Medicine. The checking of a bodily discharge. rare. E19.
3. Genetics. An interaction of genes that are not alleles; esp. the suppression of the effect of one such gene by another. E20.
Also epistasy E20.