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Definition of Cleavage

1. Noun. The state of being split or cleft. "There was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"

2. Noun. The breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules.

3. Noun. (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum.

4. Noun. The line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts).

5. Noun. The act of cleaving or splitting.

Definition of Cleavage

1. n. The act of cleaving or splitting.

Definition of Cleavage

1. the act of cleaving [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cleavage

1. The early divisions of the fertilized egg to form blastomeres. The cleavage pattern is radial in some phyla, spiral in others. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleavage

clear layer of epidermis clear liquid diet clear liquid diet clear off clear out clear sailing clear the air clear the throat clear up cleat

cleated cleating cleats cleavable cleavage (current term) cleavage (current term) cleavages cleavage cavity cleavage cavity cleavage cell

cleavage division cleavage lines cleavage product cleavage site cleavage spindle cleave cleaved cleaved cell cleaver cleaver

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