Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides, typically consisting of four stages, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, and normally resulting in two new nuclei, each of which contains a complete copy of the parental chromosomes.
- noun The entire process of cell division including division of the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Splitting of the chromatin of a nucleus, or subdivision of any minute granular bodies embedded in living protoplasm. The mitosis occurring in nuclear kinetics is commonly qualified as karyomitosis.
- noun A figure occurring during mitosis as a result of that process.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) See
karyokinesis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cytology The
division of a cellnucleus in which thegenome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Science keeps eddying into its past: the word mitosis—Greek for “thread”—is resonant here again.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Science keeps eddying into its past: the word mitosis—Greek for “thread”—is resonant here again.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Science keeps eddying into its past: the word mitosis—Greek for “thread”—is resonant here again.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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All life divided through mitosis, which is asexual reproduction, not female.
Think Progress » Zakaria: Rumsfeld ‘Seems In A Parallel Universe and Slightly Deranged’ 2006
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All life divided through mitosis, which is asexual reproduction, not female.
Think Progress » Zakaria: Rumsfeld ‘Seems In A Parallel Universe and Slightly Deranged’ 2006
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The entire process of cell division, referred to as mitosis, takes only about an hour.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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The entire process of cell division, referred to as mitosis, takes only about an hour.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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In the simplest form of reproduction, one cell cutting itself in two to make two new ones, known as mitosis, the change begins in the nucleus, or kernel.
Preventable Diseases Woods Hutchinson 1896
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Well, it was more about the way chromosomes get divided or doubled in two processes called mitosis and meiosis.
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(in a process called mitosis, depicted on the right), their genomes grow shorter until they reach a point where replication can no longer occur.
ofravens commented on the word mitosis
Q: What did the biologist say when he dropped his slides on the lab floor?
A: Don't step on mitosis!
March 10, 2008
cricket commented on the word mitosis
Oh gawd, ofravens. ;-)
March 11, 2008
ofravens commented on the word mitosis
For sentimental reasons, probably my favourite joke of all time. :)
March 11, 2008