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| pen·e·trance [ pénnətrənss ] |
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frequency of hereditary condition: the frequency with which a hereditary characteristic such as a genetic disease occurs among individuals carrying the gene or genes for that characteristic
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| [Mid-20th century. < German Penetranz] |
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