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DIAKINESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diakinesis mean?
• DIAKINESIS (noun)
The noun DIAKINESIS has 1 sense:
1. the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
Familiarity information: DIAKINESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The final stage of the prophase of meiosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("diakinesis" is a kind of...):
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
Holonyms ("diakinesis" is a part of...):
prophase (the first stage of meiosis)
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