amitoticadj.
Biol.
Of or pertaining to the division of a nucleus and hence of a cell without mitosis.
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1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) Introd. p. xxii, The..division of the nucleus..may be direct or amitotic... Or it may be indirect or mitotic.
1946 Nature 23 Nov. 750/2 It has long been known that the micronucleus of ciliates divides mitotically while the macronucleus is amitotic.
Derivatives
amitosis n. /-ˈəʊsɪs/ amitotic division.
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1894 Nat. Sci. June 418 Amitosis is of frequent occurrence in the cells of pathological growths of all kinds.
1952 A. 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.
amiˈtotically adv.
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1894 Nat. Sci. June 418 The sperm-mother-cells divide amitotically.
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