cytokinesis
/ˌsaɪtoʊkɪˈniːsɪs/noun
cytokinesis is a noun meaning “The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-T-O-K-I-N-E-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cytokinesis is cytokineses.
What does cytokinesis mean?
noun
- 1
The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cytokinesis?
- /ˌsaɪtoʊkɪˈniːsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cytokinesis
- cytokineses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cytokinesis?
Cytokinesis appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cytokinesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cellular process:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cytokinèse, cytocinèse |
| German | Zytokinese |
| Portuguese | citocinese |
| Spanish | citocinesis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cytokinesis come from?
From cyto- + -kinesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).