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有糸分裂 (ゆうしぶんれつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

有ゆう糸し分ぶん裂れつ

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Meanings

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noun

mitosis

biology

Technical term in biology for the process of cell division that results in two identical daughter cells.

有ゆう糸し分ぶん裂れつは、体たい細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつの主しゅ要ような過か程ていである。
Mitosis is the main process of somatic cell division.

この細さい胞ぼうは有ゆう糸し分ぶん裂れつを繰くり返かえして増ぞう殖しょくする。

These cells proliferate by repeating mitosis.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
糸thread
分part, minute of time, segment
裂split, rend, tear

Similar words

減げん数すう分ぶん裂れつ
Meiosis, a different type of cell division that produces gametes with half the chromosome number.
細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつ
General term for cell division; mitosis is one type.

Etymology

Compound of 有糸 (yūshi, 'having threads', referring to the spindle fibers) and 分裂 (bunretsu, 'division'). A modern scientific coinage.