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po·lyt·o·my

[puh-lit-uh-mee]
noun, plural po·lyt·o·mies.
1.
the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
2.
the state or condition of being so divided.

Origin:
1860–65; poly- + -tomy

po·lyt·o·mous, adjective
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