metachronous

[ muh-tak-ruh-nuhs ]

/ məˈtæk rə nəs /

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adjective

Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.

Geology. composed of parts formed at different times: The older late-glacial shorelines are metachronous.

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Origin of metachronous

First recorded in 1900–05 (for a different sense); meta- + Greek chrón(os) “time” + -ous