mitotic, a.
(mɪˈtɒtɪk)
[f. mitosis: see -otic.]
Pertaining to, connected with, characterized by, or exhibiting mitosis.
| 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life p. xxii, The division of the protoplasm [of a cell]..may be indirect or mitotic. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 584 The work of Flemming and his pupils in 1884 placed beyond doubt the mitotic reproduction of lymphocytes in these situations. |
Hence miˈtotically adv., by mitosis.
| 1890 in Century Dict. 1896 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 494 The cells of the inner theca layer begin to divide mitotically. 1946 [see amitotic a.]. 1973 Nature 30 Mar. 299/3 The thymus is usually thought of as a staging house through which pass stem cells and their mitotically amplified products. |