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Definition of uniparental in English:

uniparental

Pronunciation /ˌjuːnɪpəˈrɛntl/

adjective

Biology

  • Relating to, by, or from, one parent only.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Francis Galton (1822–1911), biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist. From uni- + parental.