Synonyms & related words for polytene

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Words related to polytene

Explore words related to polytene — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include polyteny, polytenic, polysomic, chromatid, polysomy, polysome, endomitosis, heterochromosome. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does polytene come from?

The word polytene breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: poly-, from Greek polys (“many, much”); and tene, from Greek tainia (“band, ribbon, strand”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.