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noun
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(cytology) the stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell
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| anucleate |
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adjective
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(cytology) Of a cell which does not have a nucleus.
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| apposition |
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noun
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(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.
- The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
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| aster |
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noun
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Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
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(biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
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| autonomic |
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adjective
- Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
- Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.
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| axon |
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noun (pluralaxons)
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(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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