Amitotically

/æmɪˈtɑtɪkli/ adverb

Definition

In a manner characterized by or relating to amitosis; in the way of cell division without spindle formation.

Etymology

From 'amitotic' plus the adverbial suffix '-ally,' following standard English rules for converting adjectives to adverbs. The term is rarely used in modern scientific writing.

Kelly Says

You'll rarely find this word in contemporary biology papers, but it appears in older textbooks when scientists were still optimistic about amitosis being a real and common cellular process—it's a linguistic fossil of outdated biology.

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