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synkaryons

synkaryons is the plural of synkaryon.

Meaning of synkaryon

Noun

synkaryon (plural synkaryons or synkarya)

  1. A cell nucleus formed by the fusion of two preexisting nuclei (such as in an egg and a sperm cell)
    • The active pronucleus of each pair moves across the protoplasm and fuses with the opposite passive pronucleus, and thus two synkarya are formed. Each synkaryon divides into four, and thus each cell contains at this period eight nuclei which form the nuclei of eight spores, protected within the...1908, J[ames] Martin Beattie, W[illiam] E[lliot] Carnegie Dickson, A Text-Book of General Pathology: For the Use of Students and Practitioners, London: Rebman, Limited, […], page 356

Questions about synkaryons

What is synkaryons the plural of?
Synkaryons is the plural of synkaryon.

Words near synkaryons in the dictionary

  1. synizeses
  2. synizesis
  3. synizetic
  4. synkarya
  5. synkaryon
  6. synkaryons
  7. synkinematic
  8. synkinematically
  9. synkineses
  10. synkinesia
  11. synkinesias

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