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  [ped-i-gree] /ˈpɛd ɪˌgri/ noun 1. an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry. 2. a genealogical table, chart, list, or record, especially of a purebred animal. 3. distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry. 4. derivation, origin, or history: the pedigree of a word. /ˈpɛdɪˌɡriː/ noun 1. 2. a document recording this 3. a genealogical table, esp […]

• Pedigree analysis

  pedigree analysis n. The study of an inherited trait in a group of related individuals to determine the pattern and characteristics of the trait, including its mode of inheritance, age of onset, and phenotypic variability.

• Pedigreed

  [ped-i-greed] /ˈpɛd ɪˌgrid/ adjective 1. having established purebred ancestry: a pedigreed collie.

• Pediment

  [ped-uh-muh nt] /ˈpɛd ə mənt/ noun 1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade. 2. any imitation of this, often fancifully treated, used to crown an opening, a monument, etc., or to form part […]

• Pediococcus

  [ped-ee-uh-kok-uh s] /ˌpɛd i əˈkɒk əs/ noun, plural pediococci [ped-ee-uh-kok-sahy, -see] /ˌpɛd i əˈkɒk saɪ, -si/ (Show IPA). Bacteriology. 1. any of several spherical, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Pediococcus, producing acid and clouding in beer and wort.

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