mitosis

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Etymology

From German Mitosis, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mitos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.

Noun

mitosis (plural mitoses)

1. (cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.

Synonyms

• karyokinesis

Meronyms

• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase
• telophase

Derived terms

• mitotic
• mitotically

See also

• meiosis

Translations

division of a cell nucleus

Czech: mitóza (cs) f. Dutch: mitose (nl) f., mitosis (nl) f. Esperanto: mitozo (eo) French: mitose (fr) f. German: Mitose (de) f. Greek: Μίτωση (mitosi) f. Ido: mitoso (io)

Japanese: 有糸分裂 (ja) (ゆうしぶんれつ, yūshi bunretsu) Polish: mitoza f. Spanish: mitosis (es) f. pl. Swedish: mitos (sv) c. Turkish: mitoz Ukrainian: мітоз (uk) (mitóz) m.

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Spanish

Noun

mitosis f. (plural mitosis)

1. (cytology) mitosis