overdominant

adj — 2 senses

overdominant

adj

Etymology From over- + dominant.

1

Excessively dominant.

  • What would cause this reversal in a male's development? One possible answer could be that an overdominant mother is seductive to the child, and the father is weak and detached.1991, Richard Evan Jones, Human Reproductive Biology, page 451:
2

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Exhibiting overdominance.

Derived terms
overdominantly

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