-TENE


Meaning of -TENE in English

a combining form meaning "ribbon," used in biology to form compound nouns that refer to the shape or number of chromosomes involved in meiosis: leptotene; pachytene; diplotene.

[ -tène (in scientific compounds) taenia TAENIA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .