Definitions for telophase

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telophase tel·o·phase

Spelling: [tel-uh-feyz, tee-luh-]

IPA: /ˈtɛl əˌfeɪz, ˌti lə-/

Telophase is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 625 anagrams from letters in telophase (aeehlopst).

Definitions for telophase

noun

1. the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.

Origin of telophase

First recorded in 1895-1900; telo-² + phase

Examples for telophase

telophase of second mitosis, showing masses of chromatin left behind in cytoplasm.

Figure 122 shows the telophase of the first division with the spindle for the second division forming.