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Diakinesis Moderate

Diakinesis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the final stage of the prophase of meiosis

2

the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosomes shorten in preparation for metaphase.

See Also
prophase diakinetic nuclear envelope spindle fiber nucleolus anaphase chromosome
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
phase
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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