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-tene

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  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of -tene

< French -tène (in scientific compounds) < Latin taenia taenia

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