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division /di·vi·sion/ (dĭ-vizh´un)
1. the act of separating into parts.
2. a section or part of a larger structure.
3. in the taxonomy of plants and fungi, a level of classification equivalent to the phylum of the animal kingdom.

cell division  fission of a cell.
direct cell division  see amitosis.
indirect cell division  see meiosis and mitosis.
maturation division  meiosis.

di·vi·sion (d-vzhn)
n.
1. The act or process of dividing.
2. Cell division.
3. The operation of determining how many times one quantity is contained in another; the inverse of multiplication.

division
Etymology: L, dividere, to divide
1 an administrative subunit in a hospital, such as a division of medical nursing or a division of surgical nursing.
2 (in public health nursing) an area that encompasses several geographic districts.
3 the separation of something into two or more parts or sections, such as cell division.

division
the act of separating into parts.

cell division
fission of a cell, the process by which cells reproduce.

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