See Also: pleiotropy(medicine)
pleiotropy(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
calcaneal(medicine)
calcaneal gait(medicine)
calcaneal petechiae(medicine)
calcaneal region(medicine)
calcaneal sulcus(medicine)
Calcaneal spur(health)
calcaneal tuber(medicine)

calcaneal tuber (medicine) and pleiotropy (iou)


calcaneal tuber (medicine)


calcaneal tuber -->
calcaneal tuberosity


The posterior extremity of the calcaneus, or os calcis, forming the projection of the heel.

Synonym: tuber calcanei, calcaneal tuber, tuber calcis.


pleiotropy (iou)



pleiotropy noun. M20.
[from PLEIO- + Greek trope turn, turning: see -Y3.]
Genetics. The production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated phenotypic effects; an instance of this.
pleiotropic adjective pertaining to, exhibiting, or of the Nature of pleiotropy M20.
pleiotropically adverb M20.
pleiotropism noun = PLEIOTROPY E20.