Definition of Metaphases

1. Noun. (plural of metaphase) ¹

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Definition of Metaphases

1. metaphase [n] - See also: metaphase

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphases

metapectic acid
metapectin
metapelet
metapelite
metapelites
metapeptone
metaperiodate
metaperiodates
metaperspectival
metaperspective
metaperspectives
metaphase
metaphase II
metaphase i
metaphase plate
metaphases (current term)
metaphilosopher
metaphilosophers
metaphilosophical
metaphilosophies
metaphilosophy
metaphor
metaphore
metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorical extension
metaphorical theism
metaphorically
metaphoricity
metaphorise

Literary usage of Metaphases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... metaphases in cultures from one of the 22 individuals examined; the analysis of one of these is presented as figure 2 in their report and is here ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"Polar view, metaphases from region of gonad in five-day chick. ... Side views of metaphases in the germinal tissues of ten-day female embryos, each showing ..."

3. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... chromatid breaks in 50 metaphases examined. Sodium arsenite caused chromosomal damage in diploid fibroblasts to which sodium arsenite (0.29-5.8 x 10~8M) ..."

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