1.  prophase(n = noun.process) - the first stage of meiosis;
is a kind of phase of cell division
is a part of meiosis, miosis, reduction division
has parts: diakinesis, diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, synezesis, synizesis, zygotene

2.  prophase(n = noun.process) - the first stage of mitosis;
is a kind of phase of cell division
is a part of mitosis

prophase, n. Biol. the phase in cell division in which chromosomes contract and each becomes visible as two chromatids.

Etymology:
PRO-(2) + PHASE