mitosis
noun /maɪˈtəʊsɪs/
/maɪˈtəʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (biology- the usual process by which cells divide, producing two cells each with the same number of chromosomes as the original cell
Topics Biologyc2(细胞的)有丝分裂 词源late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mitos ‘thread’.