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preleptotene (medicine) and ballyhoo(2) (iou)


preleptotene (medicine)


preleptotene


The earliest stage of prophase in meiosis, characterised by physiochemical changes in cytoplasm and karyoplasm and beginning contraction of chromosomes.

Origin: pre-+ leptotene, fr. G. Leptos, slender, + tainia, band


ballyhoo(2) (iou)



ballyhoo noun2 & verb. Orig. US. L19.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun. A showman's touting speech; bombastic nonsense; extravagant or brash publicity; noisy fuss. L19.
b. verb trans. Cajole by ballyhoo; praise or advertise extravagantly. E20.