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polymitosis

polymitosis noun: the occurrence of multiple cases of mitosis following meiosis.

Noun

polymitosis (uncountable)

  1. The occurrence of multiple cases of mitosis following meiosis

Origin of polymitosis

From poly- + mitosis.

Questions about polymitosis

What does polymitosis mean?
Polymitosis means the occurrence of multiple cases of mitosis following meiosis.
What part of speech is polymitosis?
Polymitosis is a noun.

Words near polymitosis in the dictionary

  1. polymignites
  2. polymignyte
  3. polymignytes
  4. polymineral
  5. polymineralic
  6. polymitosis
  7. polymitotic
  8. polymixiid
  9. polymixiids
  10. polymixin
  11. polymixins

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