Hypertext Webster Gateway: "karyokinesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Karyokinesis \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
karyokinesis
n : organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of
a cell during mitosis or meiosis
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