See Also: mitotic death(medicine)
Mitotic(medicine)
mitotic(dictionary)
mitotic apparatus(medicine)
mitotic index(medicine)
mitotic nondisjunction(medicine)
mitotic cycle(medicine)
mitotic rate(medicine)
mitotic segregation(medicine)
mitotic division(medicine)

corrode (oh) and mitotic death (medicine)


corrode (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: corrodere 'to eat away', from com- ( COM-) + rodere ( RODENT)]
if metal corrodes, or if something corrodes it, it is slowly destroyed by the effect of water, chemicals etc
::Higher levels of pollution have started to corrode pipes.
written to gradually make something weaker or destroy it completely
::Corruption has corroded our confidence in the police force.

mitotic death (medicine)


mitotic death
<cell biology> Cells fatally damaged by ionising radiation may not die until the next mitosis, at which point the radiation damage to the DNA becomes evident, particularly when there is fragmentation of chromosomes.