SINCE 1828
mesomitosis
noun
meso·mitosis
| \ ¦me|zō, ¦mē|, |sō+\
Definition of mesomitosis
: nuclear division of essentially mitotic character that takes place within the intact nuclear membrane (as in various protozoa) — compare metamitosis, promitosis
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