PACHYTENE
pachytene
(noun) the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pachytene (plural pachytenes)
(biology) The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.
Synonyms
• pachynema
Source: Wiktionary
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ROOT
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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