Look up: amitosis

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   Amitosis
   Amitosis is the anatomical term given to cell reproduction by direct division. The nucleus becomes constricted in the middle, forming an hour-glass shape and then divides into two. This is followed by a division of the whole protoplasmic mass of the cell; two daughter cells are thus formed, each containing a nucleus. Direct division occurs in leukocytes and bone-cells, and in the epithelial cells lining the urinary bladder.
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   amitosis
   [n] - the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes
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   amitosis
   An unusual form of nuclear division, in which the nucleus simply constricts, rather like a cell, without chromosome condensation or spindle formation. Partitioning of daughter chromosomes is haphazard. Observed in some Protozoa.
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   Amitosis
   Am`i·to'sis noun [ New Latin See A- not, and Mitosis .] (Biol.) Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis . It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur ch ...
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   amitosis
   <cell biology> An unusual form of nuclear division, in which the nucleus simply constricts, rather like a cell without chromosome condensation or spindle formation. Partitioning of daughter chromosomes is haphazard. Observed in some Protozoa. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   amitosis
   noun the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes
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   amitosis
   (am″ĭ-to´sis) direct cell division; simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of a spindle figure or chromosomes. adj., amitot´ic., adj.
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   Amitosis
   • (n.) Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells ...
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   amitosis
   Direct division of the nucleus and cell, without the complicated changes in the nucleus that occur in the ordinary process of cell reproduction. Syn: direct nuclear division, Remak nuclear division [G. a- priv. + mitosis]
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    amitosis
    amitosis: see mitosis.
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