Mitosis
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late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek mitos ‘thread’.
wiktionary
From German Mitose, from Ancient Greek μίτος(mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.
etymonline
mitosis (n.)
"process of nuclear division, splitting of the chromatin of a nucleus," 1887, coined in German from Greek mitos "warp thread," a word of uncertain etymology, + Modern Latin -osis "act, process." The term was introduced by German anatomist Walther Fleming (1843-1905) in 1882. So called because chromatin of the cell nucleus appears as long threads in the first stages. Related: Mitotic.
