Dictionary entry

Karyostenosis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Kar′y‐o‐ste‐no″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κάρυον 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.