Prophases is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
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First recorded in 1880-85; pro-1 + phase
prophase of second division; dyads evident, but no sign of x in this or following stages.
prophase of same mitosis, showing symmetrical and unsymmetrical pairs, as in figs. 178 and 179.
A prophase of the same division (fig. 104) proves that the small chromosome divides quantitatively like the others.
The prophase covers all changes up to the completion of the mitotic figure.
Figure 145 is a prophase showing the bivalent chromosomes still connected by linin fibers.
prophase of second maturation mitosis, showing dyads and element x.
prophase of first maturation mitosis, some of the chromosomes split longitudinally.
The prophase of the spindle, as in Odontota, is much elongated (fig. 112).
prophase of first maturation mitosis, showing the unsymmetrical pair and the tetrad nature of the symmetrical pairs.
prophase: Chromatin in thickened convoluted threads, beginning of Spindle.