Definition of Endomitosis

1. Noun. The replication of chromosomes without the division of the cell nucleus ¹

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Definition of Endomitosis

1. [n -MITOSES]

Medical Definition of Endomitosis

1. Chromosome replication without mitosis, leading to polyploidy. Many rounds of endomitosis give rise to the giant polytene chromosomes of Dipteran salivary glands, though in this case the daughter chromosomes remain synapsed. (07 Apr 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endomitosis

endometrioid carcinoma
endometrioid tumour
endometrioma
endometriomas
endometrioses
endometriosis
endometriotic
endometritises
endometroid
endometropic
endoming
endomitoses
endomitosis (current term)
endomitotic
endomixises
endomorph
endomorphic
endomorphies
endomorphism
endomorphisms
endomorphs
endomorphy
endomotorsonde
endomycetales
endomycorrhiza
endomycorrhizal

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