poikilo-, poikil-; poecilo-, poecil-

(Greek: varied, irregular, mottled; many-colored, spotted)

mixoploid, poikiloploid
1. An organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
2. Referring to an organism containing two or more populations of cells that differ in chromosome number.
mixoploidy, poikiloploidy
A condition of possessing two or more cell lines which differ in chromosome number.
osteopoikilosis
Poeciliide
poikilergasia
poikiloblast
poikilocyte
poikilocytosis
poikilodentosis
poikiloderma
poikilodermatonyositis
poikilohaline
poikilonymy
The use of terms from several nomenclature systems.
poikilosmosis
The processes by which a cell or tissue adjusts the osmolarity of its fluid to that of its immediate environment.
poikilosmotic
A reference to poikilosmosis.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, varied, changing": ali-; allo-; alter-; allelo-; hetero-; mut-; reciproc-; vari-.