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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀστήρ“star”
- English todaydiaster
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀστήρ all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diaster
Today it means: A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀστήρ