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ANAPHASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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