Etymology

interkinesis

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Today it means: The second stage of interphase, during which there is no DNA replication, but the spindles of the first meiotic division disassemble and the microtubules reassemble into two new spindles for the second meiotic division. Full definition →

English inter- ← Latin inter- ← Proto-Italic *n̥ter
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. English todayinterkinesis

From inter- + -kinesis.

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