hēˈmiksə̇s noun
also hemi·mix·is ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at hemi- +ˈmiksə̇s
( -es )
Etymology: hemixis, New Latin, contraction of hemimixis; hemimixis, New Latin, from hemi- (I) + -mixis
: a reorganization process in various ciliated protozoans in which the macronucleus breaks up and a new macronucleus is reconstituted from the fragments without accompanying micronuclear changes — compare endomixis