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leptotene

lep·to·tene

uncommon

noun

1.

the first stage of the prophase of meiosis

Origin

From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (“thin”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

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