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zygotene

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eegnotyzStarts with ZEnds with E0 clues
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  1. the second stage of the prophase of meiosis

Word origin

From French zygotène, corresponding to zygo- (“union, zygosis”, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene (“filament”, from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)), equivalent to zygote + -tene.

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