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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| polygenic | x//x | Adjective, Adjective |
| allele | x/x | Noun |
| heterozygous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| homozygous | xx/x | Adjective |
| monogenic | /x/x | Adjective |
| autosomal | /xx/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gene | / | Noun |
| mutation | x/x | Noun |
| genetic | x/x | Adjective |
| phenotype | /xx | Noun |
| heterozygote | xxx/x | Noun |
| heritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| mendelian | /xx | Adjective |
| trait | / | Noun |
| merle | / | Name |
| penetrance | /xx | Noun |
| dystrophic | /xx | Adjective |
| hereditary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| congenital | x/xx | Adjective |
| dystrophy | /xx | Noun |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dimorphic | x/x | Adjective |
| transmissible | x/xx | Adjective |
| pigmentary | /xxx | Adjective |
| receding | x/x | Noun |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| regressing | x/x | Verb |
| back | / | Adverb |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| reverted | x/x | Verb |
| retrospective | xx/x | Adjective |
| backsliding | /xx | Noun |
| relict | x/ | Noun |
| reentrant | x/x | Adjective |
| repeating | x/x | Verb |
| atavistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| retracted | x/x | Verb |
| recursive | x/x | Adjective |
| retro | /x | Noun |
| reversionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| reversal | x/x | Noun |
| reverberate | x/xx | Noun |
| resurgent | x/x | Noun |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective |
| reproductive | xx/x | Noun |
| reclaimed | x/ | Adjective |
| regenerate | x/xx | Noun |
| reorient | x/xx | Verb |
| returned | x/ | Verb |
| back to front | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| rearview | /x | Noun |
| regenerative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| prodigal | /xx | Noun |
| retroactive | xx/x | Adjective |
| restorative | x/xx | Adjective |
| scid | / | Name |
| deb | / | Name |
| inherited | x/xx | Verb |
| pigmentosa | x//x | Noun |
| microcephaly | /x/xx | Noun |
| inheritance | x/xx | Noun |
| parkinsonism | /xxxx | Noun |
| transmitted | x/x | Verb |
| albinism | /xxx | Noun |
| sma | x | Name |
| oncogene | /xx | Noun |
| behaves | x/ | Verb |
| vantage | /x | Noun |
| mutant | /x | Noun |
| suppressor | x/x | Noun |
| genotype | /xx | Noun |
| crystalline | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hidden | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| implicit | x/x | Adjective |
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| linked | / | Adjective |
| multifactorial | xx//xx | Adjective, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| neuropathic | /x/x | Adjective |
| pleiotropic | /x/x | Adjective |
| predisposing | xx/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| sachs | / | Name |
| trisomy | /xx | Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
