无丝分裂
wú​sī​fēn​liè

amitosis

  • created sense approved 无丝分裂/無絲分裂 · wú​sī​fēn​liè · amitosis — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无丝分裂 / 無絲分裂

    wú​sī​fēn​liè

    amitosis

    Direct cell division involving the simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes or a spindle mechanism; common in bacteria and certain lower plants

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · strand 分裂 (literal) → 分裂 · fēn​liè · cell division

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense