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TELOPHASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The final stage of mitosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("telophase" is a kind of...):
phase of cell division (a stage in meiosis or mitosis)
Holonyms ("telophase" is a part of...):
mitosis (cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("telophase" is a kind of...):
phase of cell division (a stage in meiosis or mitosis)
Holonyms ("telophase" 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))
