synizesis meaning

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synizesis (noun): the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis.

Definition of synizesis

  1. the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis

    Synonyms: synezesis

    Type of: organic process

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SY · words ending in IS · 9-letter words

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