mitosis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mitosis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mitosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mitosis n cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Karyokinesis \[d8]Kar"yoki*ne`sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a nut, kernel + [?] to move.] (Biol.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to {karyostenosis}. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also {mitosis}. See {Cell development}, under {Cell}.