metachronal

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What does metachronal mean?

Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.

Where does metachronal come from?

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English chronal English metachronal From meta- + chronal.

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