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Definition of: prepotency
(pri·pō′tən·sē) noun
1. The quality of superior potency; preponderance of influence of efficiency.
2. Biol. The pronounced capacity of one parent, strain, or breed to transmit its own characteristics to the offspring. Also pre·po′tence. [<PREPOTENT]
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