cytokinesis

1. 1.

   organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells

   Broaderorganic process

   Part ofmitosismeiosis

Other forms of cytokinesis

plural

cytokinesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cytokinesis

What does cytokinesis mean?

cytokinesis means "organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells".

How many syllables are in cytokinesis?

cytokinesis has 5 syllables: cy-to-ki-ne-sis. The stress falls on "ki".

Is cytokinesis a common word?

cytokinesis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.