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 ]
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 . 2012