English Explanatory Dictionary

misdivision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.
  2. Abnormal (i.e. transverse instead of longitudinal) division of a centromere during meiosis or mitosis, resulting in two telocentric chromosomes from a single metacentric chromosome.

Word forms

misdivision misdivisions

Etymology

From mis- + division.

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