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Meaning of word bivalent from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

bivalent   adjective

Meaning : Having a valence of two or having two valences.

Synonyms : divalent

Meaning : Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.

Synonyms : double

Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.

A univalent chromosome.
univalent

Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.

multivalent