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Definition of: karyokinesis
(kar′ē·ō·ki·nē′sis) noun Biol.
1. The series of changes which the nucleus goes through in indirect or mitotic cell division.
2. Such cell division; mitosis. Also spelled caryokinesis. [<KARYO- + Gk. kinēsis movement]
—kar′y·o·ki·net′ic (-net′ik) adjective
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