adj.
Relating to or having large multistranded chromosomes whose corresponding chromomeres are in contact.
[POLY- + Latin taenia, band (from Greek tainiā, ribbon).]
polytenic pol'y·te'nic adj.polyteny pol'y·te'ny n.
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