metaphasis
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5ADJ.
finished, guilty, mild
VERB + METAPHASIS
drug-induced, form, made, measures, place, reached, takes
METAPHASIS + NOUN
metathesis, pachytene, sce, spoonerisms, transposition
PREP.
between, during
ADV.
seldom
Definitions
noun
The accidental transposition of part of the sounds of two words in a phrase; the production of spoonerisms.
'Oxford's great metaphasiarch', as Punch once called him, was seldom guilty of metaphasis, or the transposition of sounds. What he transposed was ideas.
Dr. Ashok suffered from a mild form of metaphasis. He made Spoonerisms.
noun
Alternative form of metaphase.
The sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assay measures the drug-induced metaphasis SCE.
The reason is that homologous pairing takes place before metaphasis, during pachytene.
Alternative form of metaphysis.
There is abrupt lateral bending of the medial cortex wall of the proximal tibial metaphasis and, in the older child, deformity and retarded development of the ipsilateral epiphyseal plateau68
Next, a 1 cm longitudinal incision is created dorsally over the proximal shaft and metaphasis of the proximal phalanx.
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6'Oxford's great metaphasiarch', as Punch once called him, was seldom guilty of metaphasis, or the transposition of sounds. What he transposed was ideas.
WiktionaryDr. Ashok suffered from a mild form of metaphasis. He made Spoonerisms.
WiktionaryBut couldn’t it be that there is a distinction to be made between ‘metaphasis’ and ‘metathesis’? The OED defines the latter as ‘the interchange of position between sounds or letters in a word’ (my ita
WiktionaryThe sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assay measures the drug-induced metaphasis SCE.
WiktionaryThe reason is that homologous pairing takes place before metaphasis, during pachytene.
WiktionaryThe nuclei at the 9.55 stage show some indication of change, but none of them have reached the metaphasis of the process of division, while at 11.25 the metaphasis was finished and the protoplasm alre
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