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無糸分裂 (mushibunretsu) Japanese meaning: amitosis | Kotomora

無む糸し分ぶん裂れつ

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

amitosis

A type of cell division without spindle formation, contrasted with mitosis and meiosis. Technical term used in biology.

無む糸し分ぶん裂れつは、原げん核かく生せい物ぶつなどで見みられる細さい胞ぼう分ぶん

裂れつ

の

一いち

形けい

態たい

で

ある

。

Amitosis is a form of cell division observed in prokaryotes and other organisms.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
糸thread
分part, minute of time, segment
裂split, rend, tear

Related words

有ゆう糸し分ぶん裂れつ
Mitosis, the more common cell division with spindle formation, contrasting with amitosis.
減げん数すう分ぶん裂れつ
Meiosis, a reduction division for gamete formation, distinct from amitosis.

Etymology

Compound of 無糸 (mushi, 'without threads', referring to spindle fibers) and 分裂 (bunretsu, 'division'). The term is a direct calque from the English 'amitosis'.