mitosis

---

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /maɪˈtoʊsɪs/

Noun

mitosis

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
• karyomitosis

Translations

• French: mitose
• German: Mitose
• Portuguese: mitose
• Russian: мито́з
• Spanish: mitosis

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.005