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noun the second stage of meiosis
noun the second stage of mitosis
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English phase English metaphase From meta- + phase.
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