† postsyˈnapsis Cytology. Obs.
[post- B. 1 c.]
(See quots.)
| 1898 T. H. Montgomery in Zool. Jahrbücher: Anat. u. Ontogenie XI. 20 The anaphase itself may be subdivided into 3 well marked periods: the early anaphase, the synapsis, and the postsynapsis. Ibid. 28 The postsynapsis, a term introduced here for the first time, is a well marked stage of the anaphase, distinguishable alike from the preceding synapsis as from the following telophase. 1911 Jrnl. Morphol. XXII. 753 My postsynapsis stage, equivalent to the diplotene. |