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      bivalent
      adjective
      used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
      having a valence of two or having two valences
      Roots
      bisbi- · Latin · two, twicevalereval- · Latin · to be strong, have powerens-ent · Latin · having the quality of
      Words related to bivalent
      divalentadjbivalencyadjmonovalentadjquinquivalentadjmonovalencyadjquadrivalentadjtetravalentadjbivalencentrivalentadjquantivalencenmultivalencynquadrivalencenpentavalentadjmultivalentadjunivalentadjvalenciesntetravalencenpolyvalentadjunivalencendivalencentrivalencentervalentadjhomologousadjtautomericadjligandntetramericadjmultivalencenvalentadjstereoisomericadjalkylicadj

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