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MENDELIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A follower of Mendelism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mendelian" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws

Example:

Mendelian inheritance

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mendel (Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884))

Derivation:

Mendel (Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884))

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