cell cycle

noun

1. the cycle of growth and asexual reproduction of a cell, consisting of interphase followed in actively dividing cells by prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

cell cycle

noun

1. the growth cycle of eukaryotic cells. It is divided into five stages, known as G 0 , in which the cell is quiescent, G 1 and G 2 , in which it increases in size, S, in which it duplicates its DNA, and M, in which it undergoes mitosis and divides

Word History and Origins

Origin of cell cycle¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

As a student in Austria, she had illuminated how the proteins known as cyclins drive the cell cycle.

From MIT Technology Review

What if it was our own genetic code that was responsible for inviting HIV into the life of a cell cycle?

From The Daily Beast