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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(met′ə fāz′)

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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

met•a•phase (met′ə fāz′),USA pronunciation n. [Cell Biol.]

Cell Biologythe stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.

meta- + phase 1885–90

'metaphase' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

anaphase - cell cycle - chromonema - equatorial plate - euchromatin - metaphase plate

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