eutely

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noun

The property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.

OriginAncient Greek εὐ- →
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Meanings

nouneutely (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekεὐ-“good”
  2. Englisheutely

From Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”) (modern sense: “true”) + τέλος (télos, “result, end”) + -y, i.e. “the state of having a true limit”.

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MLA

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