Definition of Cell division

1. Noun. The process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells.


Definition of Cell division

1. Noun. a process by which a cell divides into two cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cell division

1. The separation of one cell into two daughter cells, involving both nuclear division (mitosis) and subsequent cytoplasmic division (cytokinesis). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cell Division

cell bridges
cell centre
cell cloning
cell communication
cell compartmentation
cell count
cell culture
cell cycle
cell cycle proteins
cell cycle restriction point
cell death
cell degranulation
cell determination
cell differentiation
cell disruption
cell division
cell division cycle gene
cell division cycle mutant
cell division phases
cell divisions
cell doctrine
cell electrophoresis
cell extracts
cell fate
cell fractionation
cell fusion
cell group
cell groups
cell growth
cell hybridization

Literary usage of Cell division

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1899)
"... cells may exhibit itself towards any point of the compas> cell division. A cell multiplies by dividing into two ; each remains awhile in the resting or, ..."

2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"CHAPTER IV cell division One of the most important biological questions in the ... Discovery of cell division.—While the origin of cells from cells was thus ..."

3. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"Reproduction of cells takes place in two ways, by direct cell division or ... In this form of cell-division the nucleus divides into two daughter nuclei ..."

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