Definitions for: Karyostenosis

Webster (1913) Definition: Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a nut,
kernel + ? a being straitened.] (Biol.)
Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple
division of the nucleus, without any changes in its
structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the
karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.