SINCE 1828
metachronous
adjective
me·tach·ro·nous
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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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