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Meaning of "metaphase" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METAPHASE

metaphase  [ˈmɛtəˌfeɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAPHASE

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metaphase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES METAPHASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

metaphase

Metaphase

Chromosomes lined up on the metaphase plate. Two views with the metaphase plate rotated 90°. Metaphase, from the ancient Greek μετά and φάσις is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which condensed and highly coiled chromosomes, carrying genetic information, align in the equator of the cell before being separated into each of the two daughter cells. Metaphase accounts for approximately 4% of the cell cycle's duration. Preceded by events in prometaphase and followed by anaphase, microtubules formed in prophase have already found and attached themselves to kinetochores in metaphase. Metaphase in cells are characterized by the arrangement of Chromosomes at the equatorial plane of the cell In metaphase, the centromeres of the chromosomes convene themselves on the metaphase plate, an imaginary line that is equidistant from the two centrosome poles. This even alignment is due to the counterbalance of the pulling powers generated by the opposing kinetochore microtubules, analogous to a tug-of-war between two people of equal strength, ending with the destruction of B cyclin.

Definition of metaphase in the English dictionary

The definition of metaphase in the dictionary is the corresponding stage of the first division of meiosis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAPHASE


anaphase
ˈænəˌfeɪz
diphase
ˈdaɪˌfeɪz
diplophase
ˈdɪpləˌfeɪz
faze
feɪz
feese
feɪz
inphase
ˌɪnˈfeɪz
interphase
ˈɪntəˌfeɪz
monophase
ˈmɒnəʊˌfeɪz
moonphase
ˈmuːnˌfeɪz
multiphase
ˈmʌltɪˌfeɪz
phase
feɪz
photophase
ˈfəʊtəʊˌfeɪz
polyphase
ˈpɒlɪˌfeɪz
prophase
ˈprəʊˌfeɪz
subphase
ˈsʌbˌfeɪz
telophase
ˈtɛləˌfeɪz
triphase
ˈtraɪfeɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAPHASE

metaperiodic
metaphor
metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorically
metaphoricalness
metaphorist
metaphosphate
metaphosphoric acid
metaphrase
metaphrasis
metaphrast
metaphrastic
metaphrastical
metaphrastically
metaphysic
metaphysical
metaphysically
metaphysician
metaphysicise

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAPHASE

car chase
chase
colour phase
compulsory purchase
cut to the chase
hire purchase
hire-purchase
in phase
money-purchase
out of phase
proof of purchase
purchase
quarter-phase
repurchase
single-phase
steeplechase
the chase
three-phase
two-phase
wild-goose chase

Synonyms and antonyms of metaphase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metaphase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAPHASE

Find out the translation of metaphase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metaphase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metaphase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metafase
570 millions of speakers

English

metaphase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेटाफ़ेज़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطورية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

метафаза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metaphase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metaphase
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métaphase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metaphase
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Metaphase
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metaphase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metaphase
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுவவத்தைத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटाफेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metafaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metafase
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metafazy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метафаза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metafază
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετάφασης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metafase
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metafas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metaphase

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPHASE»

The term «metaphase» is regularly used and occupies the 90.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPHASE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metaphase

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAPHASE»

Discover the use of metaphase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metaphase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metaphase
As J.D. Sauvage and his crew initiate the first human contact with the reclusive alien squidmoth, exploring the fibrous tunnels of the small planetoid that houses the alien, an awesome secret awaits them inside
Vonda N. McIntyre, 1992
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Color Atlas of Genetics
Metaphase preparations can also be obtained from cultured skin fibroblasts, cultured amniocytes from amniotic fluid, cultured chorionic cells from chorionic villae, or bone marrow cells. Peripheral blood lymphocytes grow in a suspension  ...
Eberhard Passarge, 2011
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The Human Genome Project: Deciphering the Blueprint of Heredity
However, during metaphase, a phase preparatory to cell division (see "Mitosis" and "Meiosis"), the chromosomes become highly condensed and hence easily visible. Most studies of chromosomes are therefore carried out on chromosomes  ...
Necia Grant Cooper, 1994
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Nineteenth International Seaweed Symposium: Proceedings of ...
2 a Pit-connection of conchocelis filamentous cells in P. yezoensis. b–d Late prophase of nuclear division of conchocelis filamentous cell in P. yezoensis, homologous chromosomes paired up to 3 sets. e Late prophase to early metaphase of ...
Michael A. Borowitzka, 2009
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The Metaphase Checkpoint in Cells Undergoing Mitosis Without ...
Key words. metaphase checkpoint, CENP-E, MAD2, kinesin.
Mary Katherine Johnson, 2007
6
Folia Biologica
Figs 1-2. Mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of Bruchus pisorum. Fig. 1. Spermatogonial metaphase plate. Fig. 2. Metaphase I, arrow indicates the sex bivalent. Fig. 3. Metaphase II. Fig. 4. Male metaphase I in Legaricapion nisi, arrow indicates ...
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Cell Cycle and Growth Control: Biomolecular Regulation and ...
and CHO cells) have a metaphase plate that is solidly packed with chromosomes . Metaphase When all the chromosomes are bioriented and positioned near the spindle equator the cell is considered to be in the metaphase stage of mitosis ...
Gary S. Stein, Arthur B. Pardee, 2004
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Molecular Cytogenetics: Protocols and Applications
The utility of FISH in chromosome analysis is divided into metaphase and interphase applications. This distinction is manifested primarily in the preparation of the cells prior to pretreatment and hybridization. The culturing of cells for metaphase ...
Yao-Shan Fan, 2002
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Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and ...
Later releases will cover the import of information from Metaphase in ClearCase. The interface is built on a data exchange facility, in which Metaphase runs ClearCase commands with arguments through Perl scripts. The results from ...
Ivica Crnkovic, Ulf Asklund, Annita Persson Dahlqvist, 2003
10
THE HUMAN GENOME: A User's Guide
FiGUre 6.18 Comparison of first meiotic metaphase, second meiotic metaphase, and mitotic metaphase. On the left, where the centromeres are not attached to both poles at once, notice that the crossovers hold the bivalents together until the  ...
R. Scott Hawley, Catherine A. Mori, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METAPHASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metaphase is used in the context of the following news items.
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Science explainer: We may not resurrect dinosaurs but other extinct …
Then a Scottish Blackface ewe provided an oocyte that was removed during metaphase II. The spindle fibres and chromosomes were removed ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
2
Defective telomeres are now being linked to dozens of diseases …
B) Representative images of metaphase chromosomes of cells with functional telomeres (top) and dysfunctional telomeres that result in ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
3
Evidence for bystander signalling between human trophoblast cells …
Metaphase spreads were prepared with cells in situ on glass cover slips. Cells were treated with Karyomax ColcemidTM (Life Technologies) for ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia in two siblings with ATM …
Article | PubMed | ISI |; Dicker F, Schnittger S, Haferlach T, Wolfgang K, Schoch C. Immunostimulatory oligonucleotide-induced metaphase ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
5
Smart board: Top 5 IoT CEOs
Previous jobs include being CTO for Metaphase Technology. Heppelmann 's company is nicknamed as one of the best kept secret companies ... «Computer Business Review, Jun 15»
6
FISH-negative, cytogenetically cryptic acute promyelocytic leukemia
Herein we review all previously reported cases of cytogenetically cryptic, FISH (interphase and metaphase)-negative APL. We used keywords ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
7
Combined in vitro transcription and reverse transcription to amplify …
Furthermore, they presented multiple protocols for sample preparation, interphase and metaphase FISH, and quick 3-D FISH adapted from Lanzuolo et al. and ... «BioTechniques.com, Jun 15»
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Lighting and Illumination: Integrated controllers ease camera and …
... www.smartvisionlights.com) and Metaphase Technologies (Bristol, PA, USA; www.metaphase-tech.com) to offer intelligent lighting products ... «Vision Systems Design, Jun 15»
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Follicular Priming May Boost Oocyte Retrieval
The main outcome measure was metaphase II (MII) oocytes retrieved during the second ICSI. COH outcomes among all three groups improved ... «MedPage Today, May 15»
10
Paclitaxel targets FOXM1 to regulate KIF20A in mitotic catastrophe …
Figure 4 (top panel) illustrates a typical untreated cell in mitosis (metaphase), with a normal bipolar spindle. Figure 4 also (lower panels) ... «Nature.com, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Metaphase [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/metaphase>. May 2024 ».
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