noun
- plural of mitosis; processes of cell division in which a single cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells, each containing the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell
Usage: biology
Examples
- The researcher observed multiple mitoses occurring simultaneously in the tissue sample.
- Cancer cells undergo rapid and uncontrolled mitoses.
- The microscope revealed several mitoses in different stages of completion.
- Students studied the various phases of mitoses in their biology lab.
- The drug was designed to interfere with mitoses in tumor cells.
- Time-lapse photography captured the mitoses as they progressed through each phase.