Anaphase Definition

ănə-fāz

noun

The stage in mitosis, after the metaphase and before the telophase, in which the divided chromosomes move apart toward the poles of the spindle.

Webster's New World

The stage of mitosis and meiosis in which the chromosomes move to opposite ends of the nuclear spindle.

American Heritage Medicine

(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Anaphase

Singular:

anaphase

Plural:

anaphases

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