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amitotic, a. Biol.|æmɪˈtɒtɪk, ˌeɪmaɪˈtɒtɪk|
[ad. G. amitotisch (W. Flemming Zellsubstanz (1882) 376), f. a- 14 + mitotic a.]
Of or pertaining to the division of a nucleus and hence of a cell without mitosis. So amitosis |-ˈəʊsɪs|, amitotic division; amiˈtotically adv.
1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life Introd. p. xxii, The..division of the nucleus..may be direct or amitotic... Or it may be indirect or mitotic. 1894Nat. Science June 418 Amitosis is of frequent occurrence in the cells of pathological growths of all kinds. Ibid., The sperm-mother-cells divide amitotically. 1946Nature 23 Nov. 750/2 It has long been known that the micronucleus of ciliates divides mitotically while the macronucleus is amitotic. 1952A. F. W. Hughes Mitotic Cycle iv. 153 The clearest instances of the formation of binucleate cells by amitosis are seen in glandular tissues of Arthropods. |