mitozo

Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis, through the English mitosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈtozo]
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: mi‧to‧zo

Noun

mitozo (accusative singular mitozon, plural mitozoj, accusative plural mitozojn)

1. (cytology) mitosis