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| the merging of two or more cells into a single cell |
| profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and then to the adult butterfly |
| multiple fission | |
| —n | |
| zoology asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms, esp sporozoans, in which the nucleus divides a number of times, followed by division of the cytoplasm, to form daughter cells | |
multiple fission mul·ti·ple fission (mŭl'tə-pəl)
n.
Division of the nucleus, simultaneously or successively, into a number of daughter nuclei, followed by division of the cell body into an equal number of parts, each containing a nucleus.