ANAPHASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("anaphase" is a kind of...):

phase of cell division (a stage in meiosis or mitosis)

Holonyms ("anaphase" is a part of...):

meiosis; miosis; reduction division ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))

Derivation:

anaphasic (of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase)

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