mitosis
noun/maɪˈtəʊsɪs/
/maɪˈtəʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (biology)- the usual process by which cells divide, producing two cells each with the same number of chromosomes as the original cellTopics Biologyc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mitos ‘thread’.
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