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mitose

mitose verb: to undergo mitosis.

Verb

mitose (third-person singular simple present mitoses, present participle mitosing, simple past and past participle mitosed)

  1. To undergo mitosis.

Forms of mitose

third-person singular presentmitoses
present participlemitosing
past participlemitosed
pastmitosed

Origin of mitose

Back-formation from mitosis.

Questions about mitose

What does mitose mean?
Mitose means to undergo mitosis.
What part of speech is mitose?
Mitose is a verb.
What is the past tense of mitose?
The past tense of mitose is mitosed.

Words near mitose in the dictionary

  1. mitoquinone
  2. mitoregulin
  3. mitoribosomal
  4. mitoribosome
  5. mitoribosomes
  6. mitose
  7. mitosed
  8. mitoses
  9. mitosic
  10. mitosing
  11. mitosis

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