Karyostenosis
(Science: biology) direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of nuclear Division.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A nut, kernel – a being straitened.
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