Medical Dictionary
dyad
noun dy·ad
Medical Definition of DYAD
1
: two individuals (as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship
2
: a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous members of a tetrad
—dy·ad·ic \dī-ˈad-ik\ adjective
—dy·ad·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Variants of DYAD
dy·ad also di·ad \ˈdī-ˌad, -əd\
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