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postchiasmic

postchiasmic adjective: located after a chiasma.

Adjective

postchiasmic (comparative more postchiasmic, superlative most postchiasmic)

  1. Located after a chiasma.
    Antonyms:
    prechiasmic

Antonyms of postchiasmic

Forms of postchiasmic

comparativemore postchiasmic
superlativemost postchiasmic

Origin of postchiasmic

From post- + chiasmic.

Questions about postchiasmic

What does postchiasmic mean?
Postchiasmic means located after a chiasma.
What part of speech is postchiasmic?
Postchiasmic is an adjective.

Words near postchiasmic in the dictionary

  1. postchallenge
  2. postchaperonin
  3. postchemotherapeutic
  4. postchemotherapy
  5. postchiasmatic
  6. postchiasmic
  7. postchlorination
  8. postchoanal
  9. postcholecystectomy
  10. postchorus
  11. postchroming

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