Meanings
plural mitoses
- countableuncountablebiologyThe division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.
Meronyms: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Synonyms: karyokinesis, karyomitosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμίτος“thread”
- GermanMitose
- Englishmitosis
From German Mitose, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.
More words from German, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans mitose
- mitosedivision of a cell nucleus
Basque mitosi
- mitosidivision of a cell nucleus
Bulgarian делене, митоза
- делене (delene)division of a cell nucleus
- митоза (mitoza)division of a cell nucleus
Catalan mitosi
- mitosidivision of a cell nucleus
Chinese Mandarin 有絲分裂 /有丝分裂
- 有絲分裂 /有丝分裂 (yǒusī fēnliè)division of a cell nucleus
Czech mitóza
- mitózadivision of a cell nucleus
Dutch mitose, mitosis
- mitosedivision of a cell nucleus
- mitosisdivision of a cell nucleus
Esperanto mitozo
- mitozodivision of a cell nucleus
Finnish mitoosi
- mitoosidivision of a cell nucleus
French mitose
- mitosedivision of a cell nucleus
German Mitose, Zellkernteilung
- Mitosedivision of a cell nucleus
- Zellkernteilungdivision of a cell nucleus
Greek μίτωση
- μίτωση (mítosi)division of a cell nucleus
Hebrew מִיטוֹזָה
- מִיטוֹזָה (mitóza)division of a cell nucleus
Hindi समसूत्रण, समसूत्री विभाजन
- समसूत्रण (samsūtraṇ)division of a cell nucleus
- समसूत्री विभाजन (samsūtrī vibhājan)division of a cell nucleus
Hungarian mitózis
- mitózisdivision of a cell nucleus
Icelandic jafnskipting, mítósa
- jafnskiptingdivision of a cell nucleus
- mítósadivision of a cell nucleus
Irish miotóis
- miotóisdivision of a cell nucleus
Italian mitosi
- mitosidivision of a cell nucleus
Japanese 有糸分裂
- 有糸分裂 (yūshi bunretsu)division of a cell nucleus
Korean 유사분열
- 유사분열 (yusabunyeol)division of a cell nucleus
Lithuanian mitozė
- mitozėdivision of a cell nucleus
Māori whāū, whāū pūira
- whāūdivision of a cell nucleus
- whāū pūiradivision of a cell nucleus
Polish mitoza
- mitozadivision of a cell nucleus
Portuguese mitose
- mitosedivision of a cell nucleus
Russian мито́з
- мито́з (mitóz)division of a cell nucleus
Slovak mitóza
- mitózadivision of a cell nucleus
Spanish mitosis
- mitosisdivision of a cell nucleus
Swedish mitos
- mitosdivision of a cell nucleus
Tagalog hatimbutod
- hatimbutoddivision of a cell nucleus
Turkish mitoz
- mitozdivision of a cell nucleus
Ukrainian міто́з
- міто́з (mitóz)division of a cell nucleus
Vietnamese nguyên phân
- nguyên phândivision of a cell nucleus
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mitosis
Cite this entry
mitosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitosis
“mitosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitosis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mitosis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitosis.
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