metachronous
American
[muh-tak-ruh-nuhs]
/ məˈtæk rə nəs /
adjective
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Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event.
metachronous tumors.
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Geology. composed of parts formed at different times.
The older late-glacial shorelines are metachronous.
Etymology
Origin of metachronous
First recorded in 1900–05 (for a different sense); meta- + Greek chrón(os) “time” + -ous
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