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mitosis
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[mʌɪˈtəʊsɪs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth
(e.g: the single large egg cell subdivides by repeated mitosis)
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Origin
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late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek mitos ‘thread’
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