parasexuality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

para- +‎ sexuality

Noun[edit]

parasexuality (uncountable)

  1. (biology) A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.
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