˜yÐÄvlog

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metachronous

[ muh-tak-ruh-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event:

    metachronous tumors.

  2. Geology. composed of parts formed at different times:

    The older late-glacial shorelines are metachronous.

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of metachronous1

First recorded in 1900–05 (for a different sense); meta- + Greek ³¦³ó°ùó²Ô(´Ç²õ) “time†+ -ous

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