† synaptenic, a. Cytology. Obs.
(sɪnæpˈtiːnɪk)
Also -tænic.
[ad. F. synaptène (H. von Winiwarter 1900, in Arch. de Biol. XVII. 54), f. Gr. συν- syn-1: see -tene, -ic.]
Epithet of the stage of meiosis now known as zygotene.
| 1900 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 654 The reticulum gives rise to a chromatic thread (deutobroch stage), which at first fills the nuclear cavity (leptotænic stage), and later forms a central dense mass (synaptænic stage). 1922 F. H. A. Marshall Physiol. of Reproduction (ed. 2) iv. 155 The nucleus enters upon the synaptenic condition, which extends over a somewhat longer time. |