ortomitosis

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Etymology

From orto- +‎ mitosis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾtomiˈtosis/
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: or‧to‧mi‧to‧sis

Noun

ortomitosis f (uncountable)

  1. (cytology) orthomitosis
    • 1987, Investigación pesquera, page 460:
      En los dinoflagelados no se encuentran las fases típicas de la mitosis de eucariotas, es decir no siguen la ortomitosis sino una pleuromitosis.
      In dinoflagellates, the typical phases of eukaryotic mitosis are not found, that is, they do not follow orthomitosis but rather a pleuromitosis.
    • 1996, Juan Ramón Lacadena, Citogenética, page 186:
      En ciliados inferiores en la mitosis del micronúcleo el aparato mitótico es intranuclear con simetría axial (ortomitosis intranuclear cerrada).
      In lower ciliates in mitosis of the micronucleus, the mitotic apparatus is intranuclear with axial symmetry (closed intranuclear orthomitosis).
    • 1967, Gran enciclopedia Larousse en veinte volúmenes, Larousse, →ISBN:
      La ortomitosis es la forma de división de todos los metazoos y metáfitos y de algunos grupos de protozoos.
      Orthomitosis is the form of division of all metazoans and metaphytes and of some groups of protozoans.
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