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METAKINESIS

\mˌɛtəkənˈiːsɪs], \mˌɛtəkənˈiːsɪs], \m_ˌɛ_t_ə_k_ə_n_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of METAKINESIS

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The middle stage of mitosis, during which the chromosomes are grouped in the equatorial plate.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Greek] Middle stage of mitosis, during which chromosomes are grouped in equatorial plate; movement of chromosomes between prophase and metaphase.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

Metacinesis.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

The stage in indirect cell division in which the longitudinally divided nuclear fibrils rearrange themselves to form the fibrils of the daughter nuclei, and the daughter nuclei separate from each other. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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