Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
karyomitosis . - noun Same as
caryolysis .
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- noun biology The
dissolution of thenucleus of acell by the action ofdeoxyribonuclease
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- noun disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies
Etymologies
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From karyo- + -lysis
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