Definitions For Polyteny

Noun

POLYTENY (uncountable) (molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)

Related terms

polytene polytenic polyploidy

See also

endomitosis {{pedialite, Polytene chromosome}}

Etymology

polytene + y

Is Polyteny a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

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16
Words with Friends
17

The word Polyteny is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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