Medical Definition of Leptonema

1. Classical term for the first stage of prophase I of meiosis, during which the chromosomes condense and become visible. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptonema

leptome
leptomeningeal
leptomeningeal carcinoma
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
leptomeningeal cyst
leptomeningeal fibrosis
leptomeninges
leptomeninges
leptomeningitis
leptomeningitis
leptomere
leptomes
leptomonad
Leptomonas
lepton
leptonema (current term)
leptonic
leptons
leptophonia
leptophonic
leptophos
leptophos
leptophoses
leptopodia
leptoprosopia
leptoprosopic
Leptopteris
Leptopteris superba
Leptoptilus
Leptoptilus crumeniferus

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