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metaphases

metaphases is the plural of metaphase.

metaphases is the plural of metaphasis.

Meaning of metaphase

Noun

metaphase (countable and uncountable, plural metaphases)

  1. The stage of mitosis and meiosis that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.

Meaning of metaphasis

Noun

metaphasis (uncountable)

  1. 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.1953, Sir Ernest Barker, Age and Youth: Memories of Three Universities ; And, Father of the Man, page 46

Questions about metaphases

What is metaphases the plural of?
Metaphases is the plural of metaphase.

Words near metaphases in the dictionary

  1. metaperspective
  2. metaperspectives
  3. metaph
  4. metaph.
  5. metaphase
  6. metaphases
  7. metaphasic
  8. metaphasis
  9. metaphedrone
  10. metaphen
  11. metaphenomena

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metaphases (page history and authors); metaphase (page history and authors); metaphasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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