| Pronunciation: | | `kareeowki'neesis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis |
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| | See Also: | | biological process, meiosis, miosis, mitosis, organic process, reduction division |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a nut,
kernel + ? to move.] (Biol.)
The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of
the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the
nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; --
opposed to {karyostenosis}. The nucleus becomes enlarged and
convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two
groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute
the daughter nuclei. Called also {mitosis}. See {Cell
development}, under {Cell}.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells that produces two daughter cells from one mother cell, all of which are genetically identical to each other. |
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| | Synonyms: | | mitosis |
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