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parasexuality

parasexuality noun: a phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.

Noun

parasexuality (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.

Origin of parasexuality

From para- + sexuality.

Questions about parasexuality

What does parasexuality mean?
Parasexuality means a phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.
What part of speech is parasexuality?
Parasexuality is a noun.

Words near parasexuality in the dictionary

  1. Parases
  2. parasession
  3. parasessions
  4. parasexual
  5. parasexualism
  6. parasexuality
  7. parasexually
  8. parasha
  9. parashah
  10. parashahs
  11. Parashara

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