mitose
Portuguese, noun/miˈtɔ.zi/
mitose is spelled M-I-T-O-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mitosis (division of a cell nucleus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “processo pelo qual as células eucarióticas dividem seus cromossomos entre duas células menores do corpo”.
What does mitose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemitosis (division of a cell nucleus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. processo pelo qual as células eucarióticas dividem seus cromossomos entre duas células menores do corpo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mitose
- mitoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mitose?
- Brazil /miˈtɔ.zi/
- Portugal /miˈtɔ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mitose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mitose in Portuguese?
mitose appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).