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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Translations
From
meta-
+
phase
.
metaphase
(
plural
metaphases
)
(
biology
)
The stage of
mitosis
and
meiosis
, that follows
prophase
and comes before
anaphase
, during which
condensed
chromosomes
become
aligned
before being
separated
.
Translations
Czech:
metafáze
f
French:
métaphase
(fr)
f
German:
Metaphase
(de)
f
Hungarian:
metafázis
Italian:
metafase
(it)
f
Polish:
metafaza
f
Portuguese:
metáfase
(pt)
f
Romanian:
metafază
(ro)
f
Spanish:
metafase
(es)
f
Tagalog:
lakdawyugto