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heterokaryotic

heterokaryotic adjective: relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons.

Adjective

heterokaryotic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons

Origin of heterokaryotic

From hetero- + -karyotic.

Questions about heterokaryotic

What does heterokaryotic mean?
Heterokaryotic means relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons.
What part of speech is heterokaryotic?
Heterokaryotic is an adjective.

Words near heterokaryotic in the dictionary

  1. heterokaryon
  2. heterokaryonic
  3. heterokaryons
  4. heterokaryoses
  5. heterokaryosis
  6. heterokaryotic
  7. heterokaryotype
  8. heterokaryotypes
  9. heterokaryotypic
  10. heteroketone
  11. heteroketones

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