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/maɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Examples
Meronyms: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: karyokinesis, karyomitosis
Antonyms: none provided
cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell division, cellular division
From German Mitose, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.
Across languages
Translations 43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
mitose
— division of a cell nucleus
Basque :
mitosi
— division of a cell nucleus
Bulgarian :
делене
(delene)
— division of a cell nucleus
Bulgarian :
митоза
(mitoza)
— division of a cell nucleus
Catalan :
mitosi
— division of a cell nucleus
Chinese Mandarin :
有絲分裂 /有丝分裂
(yǒusī fēnliè)
— division of a cell nucleus
Czech :
mitóza
— division of a cell nucleus
Dutch :
mitose
— division of a cell nucleus
Dutch :
mitosis
— division of a cell nucleus
Esperanto :
mitozo
— division of a cell nucleus
Finnish :
mitoosi
— division of a cell nucleus
French :
mitose
— division of a cell nucleus
Galician :
mitose
— division of a cell nucleus
German :
Mitose
— division of a cell nucleus
Greek :
μίτωση
(mítosi)
— division of a cell nucleus
Hebrew :
מִיטוֹזָה
(mitóza)
— division of a cell nucleus
Hindi :
समसूत्रण
(samsūtraṇ)
— division of a cell nucleus
Hindi :
समसूत्री विभाजन
(samsūtrī vibhājan)
— division of a cell nucleus
Hungarian :
mitózis
— division of a cell nucleus
Icelandic :
jafnskipting
— division of a cell nucleus
Icelandic :
mítósa
— division of a cell nucleus
Ido :
mitoso
— division of a cell nucleus
Irish :
miotóis
— division of a cell nucleus
Italian :
mitosi
— division of a cell nucleus
Japanese :
有糸分裂
(yūshi bunretsu)
— division of a cell nucleus
Khmer :
មីតូស
(miitouh)
— division of a cell nucleus
Korean :
유사 분열
(yusa bunyeol)
— division of a cell nucleus
Lithuanian :
mitozė
— division of a cell nucleus
Malayalam :
ക്രമഭംഗം
(kramabhaṅgaṁ)
— division of a cell nucleus
Malayalam :
മൈറ്റോസിസ്
(maiṟṟōsisŭ)
— division of a cell nucleus
Māori :
whāū
— division of a cell nucleus
Māori :
whāū pūira
— division of a cell nucleus
Occitan :
mitòsi
— division of a cell nucleus
Polish :
mitoza
— division of a cell nucleus
Portuguese :
mitose
— division of a cell nucleus
Russian :
мито́з
(mitóz)
— division of a cell nucleus
Slovak :
mitóza
— division of a cell nucleus
Spanish :
mitosis
— division of a cell nucleus
Swedish :
mitos
— division of a cell nucleus
Tagalog :
hatimbutod
— division of a cell nucleus
Turkish :
mitoz
— division of a cell nucleus
Ukrainian :
міто́з
(mitóz)
— division of a cell nucleus
Vietnamese :
nguyên phân
— division of a cell nucleus
