This week's word is
MITOSIS
mi·to·sis /maɪˈtoʊsɪs/
–noun Cell Biology. the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
[Origin: 1885–90; < Gk mít(os) a thread + -osis]
—Related forms
mi·tot·ic /maɪˈtɒtɪk/
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