mitosis

mitosis
Karyokinesis Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis (k[a^]r`[i^]*[-o]*k[-i]*n[=e]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ka`ryon a nut, kernel + kinei^n to move.] 1. (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}. [1913 Webster]

2. The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell, especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell division. [PJC]


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  • mitosis — f. citol. Tipo de división celular en la que a partir de una célula se forman dos células hijas con la misma dotación cromosómica que la progenitora. La mitosis comprende cuatro fases: profase, metafase, anafase y telofase. En la profase… …   Diccionario médico

  • mitosis — (plural mitosis) sustantivo femenino 1. Área: biología Proceso de reproducción celular en el que mediante la división de la célula madre se originan dos células hijas con el mismo número de cromosomas e igual información genética …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Mitosis — Mi*to sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a thread.] (Biol.) See {Karyokinesis}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mitosis — mitosis. См. непрямое деление. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • mitosis — (n.) 1887, coined in German from Gk. mitos warp thread (see MITRE (Cf. mitre)) + Mod.L. osis act, process. Term introduced by German anatomist Walther Fleming (1843 1905) in 1882. So called because chromatin of the cell nucleus appears as long… …   Etymology dictionary

  • mitosis — (Del gr. μιτοῦν, tejer, y sis). f. Biol. División de la célula en la que, previa duplicación del material genético, cada célula hija recibe una dotación completa de cromosomas …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • mitosis — ► NOUN (pl. mitoses) Biology ▪ a type of cell division in which daughter cells have the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus. Compare with MEIOSIS(Cf. ↑meiotic). ORIGIN from Greek mitos thread …   English terms dictionary

  • mitosis — [mī tō′sis, mitō′sis] n. pl. mitoses [mī tō′sēz΄, mi tō′sēz΄] [ModL < Gr mitos, thread + OSIS] Biol. the indirect and more common method of nuclear division of cells, consisting typically of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase: the… …   English World dictionary

  • Mitosis — Not to be confused with meiosis, miosis, or myositis. Mitosis divides the chromosomes …   Wikipedia

  • Mitosis — Micrografía de una célula mitótica pulmonar de tritón. Cromosomas homólogos en mitosis (arriba) y me …   Wikipedia Español

  • mitosis — mitotic /muy tot ik/, adj. mitotically, adv. /muy toh sis/, n. Cell Biol. the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each… …   Universalium

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