PACHYTENE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The third stage of the prophase of meiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

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

prophase (the first stage of meiosis)

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