MITOSIS

noun (plural mitoses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mitos thread Date: 1887 a process that takes place in the nucleus of a dividing cell, involves typically a series of steps consisting of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, and results in the formation of two new nuclei each having the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, cell division in which ~ occurs, mitotic adjective mitotically adverb