mitogen

1. 1.

   an agent that triggers mitosis

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Other forms of mitogen

plural

mitogens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mitogen

What does mitogen mean?

mitogen means "an agent that triggers mitosis".

How many syllables are in mitogen?

mitogen has 3 syllables: mi-to-gen. The stress falls on "mi".

Is mitogen a common word?

mitogen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.