CYTOKINESIS

cytokinesis

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cytokinesis (usually uncountable, plural cytokineses)

(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.

Source: Wiktionary



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HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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