mitosis
/maɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/US/maɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/
mitosis noun: 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.
Noun
mitosis (countable and uncountable, plural mitoses)
- 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.
- Meronyms: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
- Synonyms:
- karyokinesis, karyomitosis
mitosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog
mitosis in Hindi
- division of a cell nucleus
- समसूत्रण samsūtraṇ, समसूत्री विभाजन samsūtrī vibhājan
mitosis in Tamil
- உடல் புற அணு பிரிதல், இழையுருப்பிரிவு, செல்பிரிவு, மைட்டாசிஸ், இழையுருப்பிரிப்பு, ஈரிழைக்கூறு
mitosis in Malayalam
- division of a cell nucleus
- ക്രമഭംഗം kramabhaṅgaṁ, മൈറ്റോസിസ് maiṟṟōsisŭ
mitosis in Tagalog
- division of a cell nucleus
- hatimbutod
More languagesFewer languages
- mitosis in Vietnamese
- nguyên phân
Synonyms of mitosis
Forms of mitosis
| plural | mitoses |
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Origin of mitosis
From German Mitose, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.
Words formed from mitosis
Words that rhyme with mitosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about mitosis
- What does mitosis mean?
- Mitosis means 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.
- What is mitosis in Hindi?
- Mitosis in Hindi is समसूत्रण (samsūtraṇ), समसूत्री विभाजन (samsūtrī vibhājan). See Mitosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mitosis?
- Mitosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mitosis?
- Mitosis is pronounced /maɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mitosis?
- The plural of mitosis is mitoses.
Words near mitosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mitosis (page history and authors); mitosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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