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foraminulum (medicine) and Heteroplasmy (health)


foraminulum (medicine)


foraminulum
<anatomy> A very minute foramen.

Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of foramen


Heteroplasmy (health)


An atypical condition characterized by the presence of more than one type of mitochondrial DNA in a single individual. Normally, each individual has only one type of mitochondrial DNA, inherited from his or her mother through the egg at fertilization. (Mitochondria from the sperm are systematically eliminated by the egg at fertilization.)