diaster

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek twice + star.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

diaster (plural diasters)

(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.

See also

karyokinesis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “diaster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Atreids, aridest, asterid, astride, atrides, disrate, restiad, sideart, staider, staired, tardies, tirades, tradies

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