KARYOKINESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does karyokinesis mean? 

• KARYOKINESIS (noun)
  The noun KARYOKINESIS has 1 sense:

1. organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis

  Familiarity information: KARYOKINESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KARYOKINESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("karyokinesis" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Holonyms ("karyokinesis" is a part of...):

meiosis; miosis; reduction division ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))

mitosis (cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes)

Derivation:

karyokinetic (of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis)