alel

Borrowed from Dutch allele, from German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph, from Ancient Greek, prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɛl/
• Rhymes: -lɛl
• Hyphenation: a‧lel

alel (plural alel-alel, first-person possessive alelku, second-person possessive alelmu, third-person possessive alelnya)

1. (genetics) allele: one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

• “alel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.