Look up: mitosis

1. mitosis
   The process of nuclear division in eukaryotes. It is one step in cytokinesis, or cellular division. MORE ?.
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2. Mitosis
   The replication of a cell to form two daughter cells with identical sets of chromosomes.
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3. mitosis
   A sequence of cellular events that culminates in the division of a eukaryotic nucleus into two genetically similar or identical nuclei whose ploidy is the same as that of the parent nucleus. Mitosis occurs during asexual cell division. . (Pl. mitoses.)
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4. Mitosis
   The normal process of the division of somatic cells (i.e. non-sexual cell) in which the chromosomes are duplicated longitudinally to give two daughter nuclei each having a chromosome complement equal to that of the original nucleus (parent).
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5. mitosis
   (Life processes and cells) A type of cell division which produces daughter cells identical to the parent.
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6. mitosis
   [n] - cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
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7. Mitosis
   the process by which most cells divide in order to reproduce
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8. Mitosis
   The classic four-phased cellular division of somatic cells, wherein (when the dust settles) two new daughter cells contain full chromosomal information of the parent, complete nuclei, and half the cytoplasm.
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9. Mitosis
   Mitosis: Ordinary division of a body cell (a somatic cell) to form two daughter cells, each with the same chromosome complement as the parent cell.
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10. mitosis
    the normal division of a nucleus into two identical daughter nuclei by a process of duplication and separation of chromosomes,so maintaining the diploid condition Category: Medicine • the division of a nucleus with the chromosomes splitting lengthwise Category: Medicine
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11. mitosis
    The usual process of nuclear division in the somatic cells of eukaryotes. Mitosis is classically divided into four stages. The chromosomes are actually replicated prior to mitosis during the S phase of the cell cycle. During the first stage, prophase, the chromosomes condense and become visible as double strands (each strand being termed a chromatid) and the nuclear envelope breaks down. At the same time the mitotic spindle forms by the polymerization of microtubules and the chromosomes are attached to spindle fibres at their kinetochores. In metaphase the chromosomes align in a central plane perpendicular to the long axis of the spindle. This is termed the metaphase plate. During anaphase the paired chromatids are apparently pulled to opposite poles of the spindle by means of the spindle fibre microtubules attached to the kinetochore, though the actual mechanism for this movement is still controversial. This separation of chromatids is completed during telophase, when they can be regarded as chromosomes proper. The chromosomes now lengthen and become diffuse and new nuclear envelopes form round the two sets of chromosomes. This is usually followed by cell division or cytokinesis in which the cytoplasm is also divided to give two daughter cells. Mitosis ensures that each daughter cell has a diploid set of chromosomes that is identical to that of the parent cell.
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12. Mitosis
    Mi·to'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a thread.] (Biol.) See Karyokinesis .
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13. mitosis
    <cell biology> A method of indirect division of a cell, consisting of a complex of various processes, by means of which the two daughter nuclei normally receive identical complements of the number of chromosomes characteristic of the somatic cells of the species. Mitosis, the process by which ...
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14. mitosis
    noun cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
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15. mitosis
    (mi-to´sis) the ordinary process of cell division resulting in formation of two daughter cells, by which the body replaces dead cells. The daughter cells have identical diploid complements of chromosomes (46 in human somatic cells). Cell division that results in haploid reproductive cells is known as meiosis. The period...
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16. Mitosis
    • (n.) See Karyokinesis.
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17. mitosis
    a process of cell duplication, or reproduction, during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identical daughter cells. Strictly applied, the ... [19 related articles]
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18. mitosis
    a method of indirect division of a cell, consisting of a complex of various processes, by means of which the two daughter nuclei normally receive identical complements of the number of chromosomes characteristic of the somatic cells of the species. Mitosis, the process by which the body grows and re...
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19. mitosis
    The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell.
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20. Mitosis
    The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell.
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21. Mitosis
    the division of a cell into two daughter cells, each of which is identical.
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22. MITOSIS
    The process of cell division, whereby two genetically identical cells are created from one cell.
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23. mitosis
    mitosis (mītō'sis, mi–) , process of nuclear division in a living cell by which the carriers of hereditary information, or the chromosomes, are exactly replicated and the two copies distributed to identical daughter nuclei. Mitosis is almost always accompanied by cell division ...
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24. Mitosis
    Mitosis is cell reproduction by indirect division. It is the common method of division in the higher animals. It is characterised by a series of complex changes in the nucleus leading to its subdivision. The process takes between 30 minutes and a few hours, and is comprised of four stages: prophase, metaphase, anaphase and Telophase.
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25. mitosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mī-tō′sis, -sēz Definitions: 1. The usual process of somatic reproduction of cells consisting of a sequence of modifications of the nucleus (prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) that result in the formation of two daughter cells with ...
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