mitosis /mī- or mi-tōˈsis/ noun (pl mitōˈses /-sēz/)- An elaborate process of cell division involving the arrangement of chromosomes in definite figures
- Karyokinesis
ORIGIN: Gr mitos fibre mitˈogen noun (Gr gennaein to engender) a substance that causes cells to divide mitogenetˈic or mitogenˈic adjective mitotic /-totˈik/ adjective mitotˈically adverb mitotic index noun The proportion in any tissue of dividing cells, usu expressed as per thousand cells |