endomitosis

[ en-doh-mahy-toh-sis ]

/ ˌɛn doʊ maɪˈtoʊ sɪs /

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noun Genetics.

replication of the chromosomes without nuclear division of the cell.

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Origin of endomitosis

First recorded in 1940–45; endo- + mitosis

Words nearby endomitosis

endometrioid tumor, endometrioma, endometriosis, endometritis, endometrium, endomitosis, endomixis, endomorph, endomorphic, endomorphism, Endomycetales

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How to use endomitosis in a sentence

Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth

British Dictionary definitions for endomitosis

endomitosis

/ (ˌɛndəʊmaɪˈtəʊsɪs) /

noun

biology the division of chromosomes but not of the cell nucleus, resulting in a polyploid cell

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Medical definitions for endomitosis

endomitosis

[ ĕn′dō-mī-tō′sĭs ]

endopolyploidy

Other words from endomitosis

en′do•mi•tot′ic (-tŏt′ĭk) adj.