MITOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mitotic mean? 

• MITOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective MITOTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or undergoing mitosis

  Familiarity information: MITOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MITOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or undergoing mitosis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mitosis (cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes)

 Context examples 

An oligoastrocytoma characterized by the presence of increased cellularity, nuclear atypia, pleomorphism, and high mitotic activity.

(Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Agents that modulate the activity of kinesins, specifically those that produce inhibitory effects, interfere with mitotic spindle assembly, organization and eventually, chromosome alignment and segregation, thereby inducing mitotic arrest.

(Mitotic Kinesin Modulator, NCI Thesaurus)

A medulloblastoma characterized by marked nuclear pleomorphism, and high mitotic activity.

(Anaplastic Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer tissue generally has more mitotic activity than normal tissues.

(Mitotic activity, NCI Dictionary)

Atypical mitotic figures are often present.

(Anaplastic Carcinoma Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.

(Anhydrovinblastine, NCI Dictionary)

The mitotic cycle consists of a series of steps during which the chromosomes and other cell material double to make two copies.

(Mitotic cycle, NCI Dictionary)

This protein is involved in both protein phosphorylation and mitotic prometaphase.

(Mitotic Checkpoint Serine/Threonine-Protein Kinase BUB1, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of small malignant cells, necrotic changes, and an increased mitotic rate.

(Appendix Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of compounds that modulate the activity of mitotic enzymes.

(Mitotic Enzyme Modulator, NCI Thesaurus)