BIVALENT


Meaning of BIVALENT in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 Chem. having a valency of two. 2 Biol. (of homologous chromosomes) associated in pairs.

n. Biol. any pair of homologous chromosomes. bivalency n.

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

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