The middle stage of mitosis, during which the chromosomes are grouped in the equatorial plate.
[Greek] Middle stage of mitosis, during which chromosomes are grouped in equatorial plate; movement of chromosomes between prophase and metaphase.
Metacinesis.
The stage in indirect cell division in which the longitudinally divided nuclear fibrils rearrange themselves to form the fibrils of the daughter nuclei, and the daughter nuclei separate from each other. [Gr.]