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noun the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
noun the final stage of mitosis
originFrom Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “completion”) + New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φάω (pháō, “to shine”).
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