plasmodieresis

noun

plas·​mo·​dieresis

¦plaz(ˌ)mō+

plural plasmodiereses

: cytokinesis sense 2

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from plasm- + dieresis dividing, from Greek diairesis

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