mitosis

English

Etymology

From German Mitosis, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /maɪˈtoʊsɪs/
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

mitosis (countable and uncountable, plural mitoses)

(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

Meronyms

Derived terms

Translations

division of a cell nucleus

Basque: mitosi
Catalan: mitosi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有絲分裂 (zh), 有丝分裂 (zh) (yǒusī fēnliè)
Czech: mitóza (cs) f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: mitose (nl) f, mitosis f
Esperanto: mitozo
Finnish: mitoosi (fi)
French: mitose (fr) f
Galician: mitose (gl) f
German: Mitose (de) f
Greek: μίτωση (el) f (mítosi)
Hebrew: מִיטוֹזָה‎ (he) f (mitóza)
Hungarian: mitózis (hu)
Icelandic: jafnskipting f, mítósa f

Ido: mitoso (io)
Irish: miotóis f
Japanese: 有糸分裂 (ゆうしぶんれつ, yūshi bunretsu)
Korean: 유사 분열 (yusa bunyeol)
Maori: whāū, whāū pūira
Occitan: mitòsi f
Polish: mitoza f
Portuguese: mitose (pt) f
Russian: мито́з (ru) m (mitóz)
Spanish: mitosis (es) f
Swedish: mitos (sv) c
Tagalog: hatimbutod
Turkish: mitoz (tr)
Ukrainian: міто́з m (mitóz)
Vietnamese: nguyên phân (vi)

See also

meiosis

Spanish

Noun

mitosis f (plural mitosis)

(cytology) mitosis

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