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anaphase
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noun
  1. (cytology) the stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell
anucleate
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adjective
  1. (cytology) Of a cell which does not have a nucleus.
apposition
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noun
  1. (grammar) a construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explain, explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
  3. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
  4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
  5. In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
aster
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noun
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
  2. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
autonomic
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adjective
  1. Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
  2. Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.
axon
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noun (plural axons)
  1. (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

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