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/ˌɪnt.ɚˈkæl.ɚ.i/ · adjective
Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year).
Breaks caused by chromosome aberrations in regions with repeats may not result in a sharp decline of viability, so that break points of chromosome rearrangements in intercalary heterochromatin may be more frequent than in other regions.
In this new model, the anterior and posterior blastemas were formed as signaling centers to direct intercalary reorganization of body regionality or positional information.
Use intercalary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Intercalary means Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year).
Common synonyms include added.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Breaks caused by chromosome aberrations in regions with repeats may not result in a sharp decline of viability, so that break points of chromosome rearrangements in intercalary heterochromatin may be more frequent than in other regions.
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