PHASE OF CELL DIVISION

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Meaning:

A stage in meiosis or mitosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("phase of cell division" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phase of cell division"):

anaphase (the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle)

metaphase (the second stage of mitosis)

metaphase (the second stage of meiosis)

prophase (the first stage of mitosis)

prophase (the first stage of meiosis)

telophase (the final stage of mitosis)

telophase (the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle)