"polyteny" meaning in English

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        "The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)"
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        "(molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)"
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          "word": "polyploidy"
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          "word": "endomitosis"
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  "word": "polyteny"
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        "(molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)"
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