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cryptomitosis

noun
cryp·​to·​mitosis | \ ¦krip(ˌ)tō+\
plural cryptomitoses

Definition of cryptomitosis

: a type of nuclear division in certain protozoa characterized by formation of a modified achromatic spindle and by absence of differentiated chromosomes

History and Etymology for cryptomitosis

New Latin, from crypt- + mitosis

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