daughter (redirected from prodigal)

daughter /daugh·ter/ (daw´ter)

1. decay product.

2. arising from cell division, as a daughter cell.

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daughter (decay product),

n 1. a nuclide formed from the radioactive decay of another nuclide called the parent.
2. after meiosis, one parent cell produces four daughter cells. These cells have half the number of chromosomes found in the original parent cell and, with crossing over, are genetically different.

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daughter

1. female offspring.

2. arising from cell division, as a daughter cell.

3. product of the decay or radioactive disintegration of a radionuclide. Usually formed as a result of successive transformations in a series. See also decay (3).

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daughter cyst

see daughter cyst.