UNIVALENT


Meaning of UNIVALENT in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 Chem. having a valency of one. 2 Biol. (of a chromosome) remaining unpaired during meiosis.

n. Biol. a univalent chromosome.

[ UNI- + valent- pres. part. stem (as VALENCE(1)) ]

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