Usually means: Chromosome alignment at cell equator.
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  1. metaphase: Merriam-Webster
  2. metaphase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metaphase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. metaphase: Collins English Dictionary
  5. metaphase: Vocabulary.com
  6. Metaphase, metaphase: Wordnik
  7. metaphase: Wiktionary
  8. metaphase: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. metaphase: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. metaphase: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. metaphase: Dictionary.com
  12. Metaphase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. metaphase: Rhymezone
  14. metaphase: FreeDictionary.org
  15. metaphase: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. metaphase: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. metaphase: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. metaphase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Metaphase (cell cycle): MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  8. metaphase: Medical dictionary
  9. Metaphase (cell cycle): Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Metaphase: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metaphase)

▸ noun:  (biology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.

Similar:
metaphasis, prometaphase, anaphase, telophase, interphase, diplotene, chromatid, desynapsis, pachytene, segregation, more...

Opposite:
anaphase, prophase, telophase, cytokinesis

Types:
metaphase I, metaphase II, more...

Phrases:
metaphase i, metaphase plate, metaphase chromosome, metaphase ii, more...

Adjectives:
first, second, mitotic, early, somatic, spermatogonial, late, normal, meiotic, heterotypic, pro

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Similar:
metaphasis, prometaphase, anaphase, telophase, interphase, diplotene, chromatid, desynapsis, pachytene, segregation, more...

Opposite:
anaphase, prophase, telophase, cytokinesis

Types:
metaphase I, metaphase II, more...

Phrases:
metaphase i, metaphase plate, metaphase chromosome, metaphase ii, more...

Adjectives:
first, second, mitotic, early, somatic, spermatogonial, late, normal, meiotic, heterotypic, pro



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