Genetically identical multiple nuclei in a common cytoplasm, usually resulting from fusion of two cells from the same species. [homo- + G. karyon, kernel, nut]
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ho·mo·kary·on also ho·mo·cary·on .hō-mō-'kar-ē-.än, .häm-ō-, -ən n a homokaryotic cell compare DIKARYON (2), HETEROKARYON
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ho·mo·kary·on (ho″mo-karґe-on) [homo- + karyon] a multinucleate cell in which the nuclei are genetically identical. Cf. heterokaryon.Medical dictionary. 2011.