multiple fission

multiple fission

noun Biology.
fission into more than two new organisms.


Origin:
1910–15
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Multiple fission is always a great word to know.
So is cell fusion. Does it mean:
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
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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

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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.

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