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metachronous
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adjective
me·tach·ro·nous
\mə-ˈtak-rə-nəs\
Medical Definition of metachronous
1: not functioning or occurring synchronously the metachronous beating of cilia
2: occurring or starting at different times metachronous cancers of the large bowel—Journal of the American Medical Association
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