noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The stage of mitosis and meiosis that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the second stage of mitosis wordnet
3. 3
   the second stage of meiosis wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cell division stagemeiosis stagemeiotic phasemeiotic stagemitosis stagemitotic phase

Antonyms

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anaphasetelophase

Etymology

From meta- + phase.