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leptospira |
leptospirosis |
leptosporangiate |
leptosporangium |
leptostraca |
leptotene
| leptothrix
| leptotyphlopidae
| leptotyphlops
| leptotyphlops humilis
| leptus
leptotene
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun leptotene has 1 sense
- leptotene(n = noun.process) Array - the first stage of the prophase of meiosis; Array is a part of prophase
has parts: synapsis
is a kind of phase, stage
OXFORD DICTIONARY
leptotene, n. Biol. the first stage of the prophase of meiosis in which each chromosome is apparent as two fine chromatids.
Etymology
LEPTO- + Gk tainia band
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