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Noun: cytokinesis  ,sI-tow-ki'nee-sis
  1. Organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells
    "Cytokinesis completes cell division by physically separating the two new cells"

Type of: biological process, organic process

Part of: meiosis, mitosis, reduction division

Encyclopedia: Cytokinesis