Karyostenosis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Karyostenosis \Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ka`ryon a
     nut, kernel + ? a being straitened.] (Biol.)
     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
     cell); -- in opposition to {karyokinesis}.


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