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pachytene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pachytene
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.

Etymology

From French pachytène, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pachytenes (plural)

Derived Forms

postpachytene

Synonyms

pachynema

Questions

What does pachytene mean?
The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.
Where does pachytene come from?
It is traced to French.

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