9 Letter Words for Epistasis
epistasis
8 Letter Words for Epistasis
epitasis, pastises
7 Letter Words for Epistasis
aitesis, asepsis, aspises, pasties, patsies, petsais, siestas, tapises, tassies
6 Letter Words for Epistasis
assets, assise, assisi, assist, isatis, isseis, issite, passes, pastes, pastie, pastis, patesi, patise, pestis, petsai, pietas, pisses, pissis, pistes, pistia, pities, sepias, sepsis, sestia, siesta, spaits, spates, speats, speiss, spites, stapes, stases, stasis, stipas, stipes, taipei, tasses, tassie
5 Letter Words for Epistasis
aitis, apses, apsis, aspis, asses, asset, assis, easts, epist, issei, paise, pases, pasis, passe, paste, pasts, pates, peats, pests, petas, piest, pieta, piets, piste, pitas, pssts, saist, sapit, sasse, sates, satis, seats, sepia, septa, septs, sessa, sesti, siest, sipes, sises, sists, sites, spaes, spait, spate, spats, speat, spets, spies, spise, spiss, spite, spits, staps, steps, sties, stipa, stipe, taise, tapes, tapis, tasse, tepas
4 Letter Words for Epistasis
aits, apes, apii, apis, apse, apts, asps, asse, assi, asst, ates, atip, atis, east, eats, epit, ests, etas, ipse, isis, itai, itas, pais, pase, pasi, pass, past, pate, pats, peai, peas, peat, pesa, pess, pest, peta, pets, pias, pies, piet, pisa, pise, piss, pist, pita, pits, psia, psis, psst, psts, saip, sais, saps, sass, sate, sati, seas, seat, seis, seit, seps, sept, sess, seta, sets, sipe, sips, sise, sisi, siss, sist, sita, site, siti, sits, spae, spas, spat, spet, spie, spit, stap, step, stie, tais, tape, taps, tass, teap, teas, tepa, ties, tipe, tips, tsia
3 Letter Words for Epistasis
aes, ais, ait, ape, apt, ase, asp, ass, ast, ate, atp, eas, eat, epa, epi, esp, ess, est, eta, ips, ise, ist, ita, its, pas, pat, pea, pes, pet, pia, pie, pis, pit, psi, pst, pta, pte, pts, sai, sap, sat, sea, sei, sep, set, sie, sip, sis, sit, spa, sps, spt, sse, ssp, sta, tai, tap, tas, tea, tes, tie, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tsi, tsp, tss
Definitions for Epistasis
[1] Genetics . a form of interaction between nonallelic genes in which one combination of such genes has a dominant effect over other combinations.
[2] Medicine/Medical . the stoppage of a secretion or discharge. a scum that forms on a urine specimen upon standing.
[3] obsolete scum on the surface of a liquid, esp on an old specimen of urine
[4] med the arrest or checking of a bodily discharge, esp bleeding
[5] Also called: hypostasis genetics the suppression by a gene of the effect of another gene that is not its allele
Words nearby Epistasis
epispadias, epispastic, episplenitis, epispore, epist., epistasis, epistaxis, epistemic, epistemics, epistemological, epistemology
Origin of Epistasis
First recorded in 1915–20, epistasis is from the Greek word epístasis stopping, stoppage. See epi-, stasis
Other words from Epistasis
ep·i·stat·ic [ep-uh -stat -ik] /ˌɛp əˈstæt ɪk/ , adjective
ep′i•stat′ ic (ĕp′ĭ-stăt′ ĭk ) adj.
Word origin for Epistasis
C19: from Greek: a stopping, from ephistanai to stop, from epi- + histanai to put
