Medical Dictionary
dikaryon
noun di·kary·on
Medical Definition of DIKARYON
1
: a pair of associated but unfused haploid nuclei of a fungus cell capable of participating in repeated cell division as separate entities prior to their ultimate fusion
2
: a cell having or a mycelium made up of cells each having a dikaryon—compare homokaryon
Variants of DIKARYON
di·kary·on also di·cary·on \(ˈ)dī-ˈkar-ē-ˌän, -ən\
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