mitotic
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- adjective
- /maɪˈtɑtɪk/
- Specialized
- And once they're allocated to the two future daughter cells, the entire mitotic spindle dissolves.
- mitotic figures
- mitotic activity
- mitotic cell
Examples
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In the anthers, male microspores undergo an initial asymmetric mitotic division, and the smaller generative cell migrates into the larger vegetative cell.
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Mitotic figures were easily seen, as mitotic rates were as high as 5 per 10 high-power (x40) fields.
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There is usually minimal or no evidence of mitotic activity.
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Toward the poles of the mitotic apparatus.
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And that's because every mitotic event is a potential mutation event.
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The kinetochore forms in the same location on each chromosome at each mitotic event.
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There were no nuclear atypia or mitotic activity present (Figure 2).
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The nuclei were enlarged and hyperchromatic, and a few mitotic figures were seen.
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Tumors are classified as low-grade or high-grade, depending on their cellularity, pleomorphism, and mitotic activity.
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During the study, the researchers observed rapid mitotic activity in the cancer cells.
Synonyms
About the process when a cell's nucleus divides to make new cells
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mitotic comes from the Greek root mitos, meaning 'thread', because chromosomes look like threads under the microscope when a cell divides; it is connected to mitosis, the process of cell division. So mitotic describes the time or things when those thread-like chromosomes are moved and split.