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n. Biology 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. Also called karyokinesis.

n. Biology The entire process of cell division including division of the nucleus and the cytoplasm.

n. 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.

n. See karyokinesis.

n. 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.

n. A figure occurring during mitosis as a result of that process.

n. cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

"Science keeps eddying into its past: the word mitosis—Greek for “thread”—is resonant here again."

cellular division    cell division   

somatic mitosis    heterotypical mitosis    homotypical mitosis    anaphase    telophase    prophase    metaphase    meiosis   

karyokinesis   

mitotically    mitotic   

karyokinesis   

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