Relating to the division and movement of cells during reproduction, especially the physical separation of a cell into two daughter cells.
From Greek 'cyto-' (cell) + 'kinetic' (from 'kinesis', movement). The term emerged in the late 19th century as biologists studied how cells divide and move their contents.
This word captures one of life's most dramatic moments—when a cell literally pinches itself in half! Without cytokinesis, every cell division would fail, and you wouldn't exist.
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