cellular division

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cellular division - the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cellscell divisionamitosis - the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomessegmentation, cleavage - (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovummeiosis, miosis, reduction division - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)mitosis - cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomesbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms