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Definition of 'telophase'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) telophase
the final stage of meiosis or mitosis in cell division, during which the two sets of chromosomes reach opposite poles and nuclei form around them as the cell divides in midsection.

Etymology: (1895–1900)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) telophase
the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle

2. (noun) telophase
the final stage of mitosis

Definition of 'telophase'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. telophase
The final phase of cell nucleus division following ANAPHASE, in which two daughter nuclei are formed, the CYTOPLASM completes division, and the CHROMOSOMES lose their distinctness and are transformed into CHROMATIN threads.

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