English Explanatory Dictionary

-tene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Ribbon-like structure; Used to form words relating the structure of chromosomes in meiosis

Word forms

-tene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, band, fillet”).

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