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The second stage of mitosis
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metaphase
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n. the stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated
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Metaphase (from the Greek μετά, "adjacent" and φάσις, "stage") is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which chromosomes are at their second-most condensed and coiled stage (they are at their most condensed in anaphase ). These chromosomes ...
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n. the second stage of meiosis the second stage of mitosis
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About half the ripe METAPHASE 307 oranges had fallen, and the blossoms for the next crop had wilted and died.
Out of the reach of the gathering flood, he hunkered METAPHASE 147 under a scraggle of prickly scotch broom.