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dictyokinesis

dictyokinesis noun: the splitting of the Golgi apparatus during its normal reproductive cycle.

Noun

dictyokinesis (usually uncountable, plural dictyokineses)

  1. (usually) The splitting of the Golgi apparatus during its normal reproductive cycle.
    • These phenomena emphasize the conclusion of Bowen (1920) that chondriokinesis and dictyokinesis involve a relation between the cytoplasmic formed bodies and the division-centers that means more than a merely fortuitous association.1925, The American Naturalist November-December 1925: Vol 59 Iss 665, University of Chicago, acting through its Press, page 492

Forms of dictyokinesis

pluraldictyokineses

Questions about dictyokinesis

What does dictyokinesis mean?
Dictyokinesis means the splitting of the Golgi apparatus during its normal reproductive cycle.
What part of speech is dictyokinesis?
Dictyokinesis is a noun.
What is the plural of dictyokinesis?
The plural of dictyokinesis is dictyokineses.

Words near dictyokinesis in the dictionary

  1. dictyogen
  2. dictyogenous
  3. dictyogens
  4. dictyoid
  5. dictyokineses
  6. dictyokinesis
  7. dictyol
  8. dictyoma
  9. dictyomas
  10. dictyonal
  11. dictyonite

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