metachrony
/mɪˈtakrəni/ /mɛˈtakrəni/Biology
noun
Occurrence in sequence (as opposed to in synchrony); specifically the orderly sequential movement of cilia in a progressive wave.
Origin
1960s. From German Metachronie from ancient Greek μετα- + χρόνος + German -ie.
- orthopyroxene
- orthoquartzite
- orthorexia
- orthorexia nervosa
- orthorexic
- orthorhaphous
- orthorhombic
- orthoroentgenogram
- orthoroentgenographic
- orthoroentgenography
- orthorrhaphous
- orthoscopic
- orthose
- orthoselection
- orthosilicate
- orthosilicic acid
- orthosis
- orthostat
- orthostatic
- orthostereoscopic
- orthostereoscopically
- orthostereoscopy
- orthostichous
- orthostichy
- orthostyle