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cell division

cell di·vi·sion
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sel dih-vizh-uh n]
    • /sɛl dɪˈvɪʒ ən/
    • /sel dɪˈvɪʒn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sel dih-vizh-uh n]
    • /sɛl dɪˈvɪʒ ən/

Definitions of cell division words

  • noun cell division the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction 3
  • noun cell division the division of a cell in reproduction or growth. 1
  • noun cell division a process by which a cell divides into two cells. 0
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Origin of cell division

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Cell division

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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cell division popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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Synonyms for cell division

noun cell division

  • amitosis — an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division
  • meiosis — Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. Compare mitosis.
  • mitosis — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
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