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PACHYTENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The third stage of the prophase of meiosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("pachytene" is a kind of...):
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
Holonyms ("pachytene" is a part of...):
prophase (the first stage of meiosis)