Although every case of Prader-Willi syndrome is due to the baby failing to receive active genes from a specific section of the fatherâs chromosome 15, there are three different ways that this can happen:
The definition of a moor is a member of a Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent living in Northwest Africa. An example of moor is the hero Othello in Shakespeare's play. Moor is defined as a large open marsh land. An example of moor is an expanse between two farm houses that doesn't drain well.
quasi-. 1. a combining form meaning âresembling,â âhaving some, but not all of the features of,â used in the formation of compound words: quasi-definition; quasi-monopoly; quasi-official; quasi-scientific. Origin. < Latin quasi as if, as though, equivalent to qua(m) as + sÄ« if. Can be confused. pseudo-, quasi-.