cryptomitosis

noun

cryp·​to·​mitosis

¦krip(ˌ)tō+

plural cryptomitoses

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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from crypt- + mitosis

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