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.
Words nearby mitotic rate
mitogenesis, mitogenetic, mitomycin, mitosis, mitotic figure, mitotic rate, mitotic spindle, mitoxantrone hydrochloride, mitra, mitrailleuse, mitral
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