the condition of having two genetically different nuclei in a cytoplasm of a fungus
heterokaryosis in American English
(ˌhetərəˌkæriˈousɪs)
noun
Biology
condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei
Derived forms
heterokaryotic (ˌhetərəˌkæriˈɑtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1915–20; hetero- + karyo- + -sis]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conditioning, feedback, markup, supernationalism, takeouthetero- is a combining form meaning “different,” “other,” used in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix hetero- include: heterocyclic, heterodyne, heterogony, heterography, heterology; -sis is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbsabstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc. Other words that use theaffix -sis include: anamnesis, crisis, dieresis, symbiosis, thesis