LEPTOTENE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The first stage of the prophase of meiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("leptotene" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Meronyms (parts of "leptotene"):

synapsis (the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis)

Holonyms ("leptotene" is a part of...):

prophase (the first stage of meiosis)

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