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pseudomitosis

pseudomitosis noun: a process resembling the start of mitosis, triggered by viral infection, where spindle poles are formed in a cell.

Noun

pseudomitosis (plural pseudomitoses)

  1. A process resembling the start of mitosis, triggered by viral infection, where spindle poles are formed in a cell.

Forms of pseudomitosis

pluralpseudomitoses

Origin of pseudomitosis

From pseudo- + mitosis.

Questions about pseudomitosis

What does pseudomitosis mean?
Pseudomitosis means a process resembling the start of mitosis, triggered by viral infection, where spindle poles are formed in a cell.
What part of speech is pseudomitosis?
Pseudomitosis is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudomitosis?
The plural of pseudomitosis is pseudomitoses.

Words near pseudomitosis in the dictionary

  1. pseudomilitary
  2. pseudomineral
  3. pseudominerals
  4. pseudoministerial
  5. pseudomiraculous
  6. pseudomitosis
  7. pseudomnesia
  8. pseudomodel
  9. pseudomodels
  10. pseudomodern
  11. pseudomodernist

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