cell division n the process by which cells multiply involving both nuclear and cytoplasmic division compare MEIOSIS, MITOSIS
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reproduction of cells by division first of the chromosomes (karyokinesis) and then of the cytoplasm (cytokinesis). Cell division to produce more body (somatic) cells is by mitosis; cell division during the formation of gametes is by meiosis.
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fission of a cell; see meiosis and mitosis.Medical dictionary. 2011.