| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| polytene |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pol·y·tene |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p l  -tn |
| ADJECTIVE: | Relating to or having large multistranded chromosomes whose corresponding chromomeres are in contact. | | ETYMOLOGY: | poly– + Latin taenia, band (from Greek taini , ribbon; see ten- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | poly·tenic —ADJECTIVE
poly·teny —NOUN
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