MITOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mitosis mean? 

• MITOSIS (noun)
  The noun MITOSIS has 1 sense:

1. cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

  Familiarity information: MITOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MITOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("mitosis" is a kind of...):

cell division; cellular division (the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells)

Meronyms (parts of "mitosis"):

cytokinesis (organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells)

karyokinesis (organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis)

metaphase (the second stage of mitosis)

prophase (the first stage of mitosis)

telophase (the final stage of mitosis)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes serine/threonine-protein kinase 13 protein, plays a role in the regulation of both mitosis and protein phosphorylation.

(AURKC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The microscopic appearance of a cell undergoing mitosis.

(Mitotic Figure, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in protein phosphorylation and mitosis.

(AURKC Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

In a population of cells, the ratio of the number of cells undergoing mitosis (cell division) to the number of cells not undergoing mitosis.

(Mitotic index, NCI Dictionary)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of atypical mitoses in malignant cells.

(Atypical Mitotic Figures, NCI Thesaurus)

Usually the mitotic count is determined based on the number of mitoses per high power field (40X) or 10 high power fields.

(Mitotic Count, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in mediating microtubular structure and facilitating chromosome segregation during mitosis and meiosis.

(Aurora Kinase A, NCI Thesaurus)

A soluble substance, usually a protein, that induces mitosis in resting cells, thereby causing cell proliferation.

(Mitogen, NCI Thesaurus)

Aurora kinases are serine-threonine kinases that play essential roles in mitotic checkpoint control during mitosis and are overexpressed by a wide variety of cancer cell types.

(Aurora Kinase Inhibitor AMG 900, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in protein phosphorylation that mediates centrosomal activity during mitosis.

(Aurora Kinase C, NCI Thesaurus)