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karyofission

karyofission noun: the fission of the nuclei of cells.

Noun

karyofission (uncountable)

  1. The fission of the nuclei of cells
    • Black lines indicate the proportion of the nuclear volume contained by the daughter and mother immediately preceding karyofission.2015 October 16, “Asymmetrical Inheritance of Plasmids Depends on Dynamic Cellular Geometry and Volume Exclusion Effects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of karyofission

From karyo- + fission.

Questions about karyofission

What does karyofission mean?
Karyofission means the fission of the nuclei of cells.
What part of speech is karyofission?
Karyofission is a noun.

Words near karyofission in the dictionary

  1. karyoclasis
  2. karyoclastic
  3. karyocyte
  4. karyocytes
  5. karyoevolution
  6. karyofission
  7. karyogamic
  8. karyogamically
  9. karyogamies
  10. karyogamy
  11. karyogenesis

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