anaphase meaning

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

Definition of anaphase

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

    Type of: phase of cell division

    Related forms: anaphasic

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in SE · 8-letter words

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