parastasis

parastasis definition - medical

par·a·sta·sis (părˌə-stāˈsĭs, pə-răsˈtə-sĭs)

noun
  1. The relationship among causal mechanisms that can compensate for, or mask defects in, each other.
  2. In genetics, a relationship between non-alleles considered to be a form of epistasis.

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