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leptotene

[ lep-tuh-teen ]

noun

Cell Biology.
  1. a stage of cell division during the prophase of meiosis, in which the chromosomes are not distinct but appear as a mass of entangled threads.

leptotene

/ ˈ±ôÉ›±è³Ùəʊˌ³Ù¾±Ë²Ô /

noun

  1. the first stage of the prophase of meiosis during which the nuclear material becomes resolved into slender single-stranded chromosomes
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Origin of leptotene1

< French ±ô±ð±è³Ù´Ç³Ùè²Ô±ð (1900); lepto-, -tene
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leptotene1

C20: from lepto- + -tene, from Greek tainia band, filament

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