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EQUATORIAL PLATE

\ɪkwɐtˈɔːɹɪəl plˈe͡ɪt], \ɪkwɐtˈɔːɹɪəl plˈe‍ɪt], \ɪ_k_w_ɐ_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l p_l_ˈeɪ_t]\

Definitions of EQUATORIAL PLATE

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The group of chromosomes lying at the equator of the spindle during mitosis.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Iu karyokinesis, the equator of the nuclear spindle.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: nuclear plate (or disk). In karyokinesis, a plike appearance in a dividing nucleus due to the massing of the chromatin fibrils in a plane midway between the poles of the nuclear spindle; the mother star seen in profile.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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