Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telophase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: telophase
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle

Example Sentences

"This separateness is most easily observed in the telophase of each division, though in some cleavage cells it may be seen in the prophase also, or even throughout the resting period."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos Ancient Greek τέλος (télos) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis)bor. New Latin phasis English telophase From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “completion”) + New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φάω (pháō, “to shine”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *kʷel-, τέλος, phasis, φάσις

Inflected Forms

telophases (plural)

Derived Forms

anatelophase telophasic

Questions

What does telophase mean?: The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
Where does telophase come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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