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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In biology, a double star; the caryocinetic figure which results from the aster of a nucleus before this separates into two nuclei. See aster and caryocinesis. Also dyaster.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See karyokinesis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biology A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek twice + star.

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