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homeotypic

homeotypic adjective: relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis.

Adjective

homeotypic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis
    • To recapitulate the features of solid tumours in vitro requires cell based assays that simultaneously mimic the extracellular matrix and tumour microenvironment, homeotypic and heterotypic cell-cell contacts, and allow the formation of relevant cell-matrix interactions.2015 December 3, “Segmentation of Image Data from Complex Organotypic 3D Models of Cancer Tissues with Markov Random Fields”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of homeotypic

From homeo- + typic.

Questions about homeotypic

What does homeotypic mean?
Homeotypic means relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis.
What part of speech is homeotypic?
Homeotypic is an adjective.

Words near homeotypic in the dictionary

  1. homeotrophic
  2. homeotropic
  3. homeotropically
  4. homeotype
  5. homeotypes
  6. homeotypic
  7. homeotypical
  8. homeovestism
  9. homeovestite
  10. homeovestites
  11. homeoviscosity

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