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polyteny

polyteny noun: the presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids).

Noun

polyteny (uncountable)

  1. (molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)

Origin of polyteny

From polytene + -y.

Questions about polyteny

What does polyteny mean?
Polyteny means the presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids).
What part of speech is polyteny?
Polyteny is a noun.

Words near polyteny in the dictionary

  1. polytenes
  2. polytenic
  3. polytenization
  4. polytenize
  5. polytenized
  6. polyteny
  7. polyterpene
  8. polyterpenes
  9. polyterpenic
  10. polyterpenoid
  11. polyterpenoids

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