Link Centre Dictionary

amitosis

ami·to·sis

uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes

Origin

From a- + mitosis.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.