| cell division n. The process by which a cell divides to form two daughter cells. Upon completion of the process, each daughter cell contains the same genetic material as the original cell and roughly half of its cytoplasm. |
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| cell division The process by which a cell divides into two or more cells. Among prokaryotes, cell division occurs by simple fission. Among eukaryotes, the cell nucleus divides first, and then a new cell membrane is formed between the nuclei to form the new cell. Cell division is used as a means of reproduction in organisms that reproduce asexually, as by fission or spore formation, and sexually reproducing organisms form gametes through cell division. Cell division is also the source of tissue growth and repair in multicellular organisms. The two types of cell division in eukaryotic organisms are mitosis and meiosis. |
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| Noun | 1. |  cell division - the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cellsamitosis - the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes segmentation, cleavage - (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum meiosis, miosis, reduction division - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) mitosis - cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms |
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