One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Designating a late stage of meiotic prophase in the oocytes of mammals and certain other organisms, at which the nucleus has a reticular pattern of chromatin.
The dictyate stage of meiosis; = dictyotene.
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal. From ancient Greek δίκτυον net + -ate, after French dictyé reticular. With use as noun compare dictyotene.
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