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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

pachytene

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01 n. The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed.
  1. 1.
    The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed.(Biol.)