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Bivalent vs Bypass - What's the difference?

bivalent | bypass |

As nouns the difference between bivalent and bypass

is that bivalent is (genetics) any bivalent chromosome while bypass is a road that passes around something, such as a residential area.

As an adjective bivalent

is (chemistry) having a valence of.

As a verb bypass is

to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.

bivalent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Having a valence of .
  • (genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.

    • Derived terms

    * bivalence * bivalency

    Related terms

    * univalent * polyvalent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
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    bypass

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bypass) (bypasses)
  • a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
  • a circumvention
  • a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
  • an electrical shunt
  • (medicine) an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

    • Verb

    (es)
  • to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
  • to ignore the usual channels or procedures

    • Related terms

    * antibypass * bypasser * coronary artery bypass

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