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monotelic

monotelic adjective: that can breed only once in its life cycle.

Adjective

monotelic (not comparable)

  1. That can breed only once in its life cycle
  2. Connected to the spindle through only one kinetochore
    • Because pole-proximal misaligned chromosomes are expected to possess syntelic or monotelic attachments, the inter-kinetochore tension of these sister chromatids would be weakened during formation of the mitotic spindle.2015 December 10, “A Novel Time-Dependent CENP-E Inhibitor with Potent Antitumor Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Words formed from monotelic

Questions about monotelic

What does monotelic mean?
Monotelic means that can breed only once in its life cycle.
What part of speech is monotelic?
Monotelic is an adjective.

Words near monotelic in the dictionary

  1. monotectic
  2. monotectoid
  3. monotelephone
  4. monotelephones
  5. monotelephonic
  6. monotelic
  7. monotelical
  8. monotelically
  9. monotelluride
  10. monotelosomic
  11. monotemporal

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