mitozo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis, through the English mitosis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miˈtozo/
Hyphenation: mi‧to‧zo
Rhymes: -ozo

Noun

mitozo (accusative singular mitozon, plural mitozoj, accusative plural mitozojn)

(cytology) mitosis

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