mitotic index

mitotic index
mitotic index n the number of cells per thousand cells actively dividing at a particular time

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the proportion of cells in a tissue that are dividing at a given time.

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an expression of the number of cells in a population undergoing mitosis, either as the number of cells in a given area of a sample (e.g., per 10 high-power fields) or as a percentage of the total number of cells.

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