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eutely

eutely noun: the property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.

Noun

eutely (uncountable)

  1. The property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.

Origin of eutely

From Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”) (modern sense: “true”) + τέλος (télos, “result, end”) + -y, i.e. “the state of having a true limit”.

Words formed from eutely

Questions about eutely

What does eutely mean?
Eutely means the property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.
What part of speech is eutely?
Eutely is a noun.

Words near eutely in the dictionary

  1. euteleosteans
  2. euteleosteomorph
  3. euteleosteomorphs
  4. euteleosts
  5. eutelic
  6. eutely
  7. Euterpe
  8. Euterpean
  9. Euterpeans
  10. euterrestrial
  11. eutexia

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