PHASE OF CELL DIVISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phase of cell division mean? 

• PHASE OF CELL DIVISION (noun)
  The noun PHASE OF CELL DIVISION has 1 sense:

1. a stage in meiosis or mitosis

  Familiarity information: PHASE OF CELL DIVISION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASE OF CELL DIVISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stage in meiosis or mitosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("phase of cell division" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phase of cell division"):

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

metaphase (the second stage of mitosis)

metaphase (the second stage of meiosis)

prophase (the first stage of mitosis)

prophase (the first stage of meiosis)

telophase (the final stage of mitosis)

telophase (the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle)

 Context examples 

This anti-tumor antibiotic is most active in the S phase of cell division.

(Daunorubicin Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)