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karyoclasis

karyoclasis noun: the disintegration of a cell's nucleus.

Noun

karyoclasis (uncountable)

  1. the disintegration of a cell's nucleus

Origin of karyoclasis

From karyo- + -clasis.

Words formed from karyoclasis

Questions about karyoclasis

What does karyoclasis mean?
Karyoclasis means the disintegration of a cell's nucleus.
What part of speech is karyoclasis?
Karyoclasis is a noun.

Words near karyoclasis in the dictionary

  1. Karyneia
  2. karyo-
  3. karyochrome
  4. karyochromes
  5. karyochylema
  6. karyoclasis
  7. karyoclastic
  8. karyocyte
  9. karyocytes
  10. karyoevolution
  11. karyofission

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