phase

(fiz). The view that a thing presents to the eye. disperse p. Same as disperse. rsion p., external p., the fluid in which a disperse is suspended. internal p. Same as disperse. miotic p., that stage in karyokinesis in which the reduction of the chromosomes occurs. Called also reduction p. negative p., the initial lowering of the opsonic index following an injection of vaccine or bacterin. positive p., the rise above unity in the opsonic index which follows the negative phase. post meiotic p., the stage following the reduction of the chromosomes in karyokinesis. reduction p. See miotic. synaptic p., synapsis.