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mitosis

[mahy-toh-sis] / maɪˈtoʊ sɪs /
NOUN
cell division
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For the 475 seventh-graders in the boy’s class, that meant learning about cell mitosis, calculating linear equations and reading “The Giver.”

From Washington Post

Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer that results from ongoing errors in chromosome segregation during mitosis.

From Nature

I do, however, have some thoughts on mitosis, like, what is mitosis?

From The Verge

In another, a flower girl splits in two, like a cell undergoing mitosis.

From Los Angeles Times

During cell division, also known as mitosis, the entire DNA content of the cell is copied, with half going to each new cell.

From BBC