cell cycle

cell cycle

n.

The series of biochemical and structural events involving the growth, replication, and division of a eukaryotic cell.

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cell cycle,

n divided into five stages, the resting phase (G₀), the first phase of growth and protein synthesis (G₁), the DNA synthesis phase (S), a second phase of growth and protein synthesis (G₂), and a final phase in which the cell enters mitosis (M).

Cell cycle.