anaphase

1. 1.

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

   Broaderphase of cell division

   Part ofmeiosis

Other forms of anaphase

plural

anaphases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anaphase

What does anaphase mean?

anaphase means "the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle".

How many syllables are in anaphase?

anaphase has 3 syllables: a-na-phase. The stress falls on "a".

Is anaphase a common word?

anaphase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.