2. of, pertaining to, having the properties of, or resembling a mineralocorticoid. 2. an agent that causes the pupil to contract. Mitosis, the process by which the body grows and replaces cells, is divided into four phases. Chromosomes separate into exactly similar halves. In some cells, as in many fungi and the fertilized eggs of many insects, nuclear division occurs within the cell unaccompanied by division of the cytoplasm and formation of daughter cells.
Monitoring occurs e.g. during anaesthesia or radiation.
The term is often used alone to refer to infectious mononucleosis.