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mitotic rate

n.

The proportion of cells in a tissue that are undergoing mitosis, expressed as a mitotic index or, roughly, as the number of cells in mitosis in each microscopic high-power field in tissue sections.

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Nearby words

  1. mitogenic,
  2. mitomycin,
  3. mitosis,
  4. mitotic,
  5. mitotic figure,
  6. mitotic spindle,
  7. mitoxantrone hydrochloride,
  8. mitra,
  9. mitrailleuse,
  10. mitral
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