CELL DIVISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cell division mean? 

• CELL DIVISION (noun)
  The noun CELL DIVISION has 1 sense:

1. the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells

  Familiarity information: CELL DIVISION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELL DIVISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

cell division; cellular division

Hypernyms ("cell division" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cell division"):

amitosis (the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes)

cleavage; segmentation ((embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum)

meiosis; 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 chromosomes)

 Context examples 

Paclitaxel, a toxoid, binds to and stabilizes tubulin and inhibits the disassembly of microtubules, thereby inhibiting cell division.

(Micellar Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

The resulting fusion gene produces proteins with constitutively active tyrosine kinase activity, which stimulate both abnormal cell division and increased cellular proliferation.

(Metatinib Tromethamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule structures are disassembled and re-assembled during mitosis to achieve the final state of cell division.

(Microtubule Dynamics Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule polymerization is a cellular process typically, though not solely, involved in cell motility and cell division.

(Microtubule Polymerization Process, NCI Thesaurus)

The type of cell division that allows a population of cells to increase its numbers or to maintain its numbers.

(Mitosis, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The chromosomes are highly condensed at this stage of cell division and are visible under a light microscope. (From the journal Nature-Glossary).

(Metaphase Spread, NCI Thesaurus)

The type of cell division a diploid germ cell undergoes to produce gametes (sperm or eggs) that will carry half the normal chromosome number.

(Meiosis, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that reproduce by cell division and usually have cell walls; can be shaped like spheres, rods or spirals and can be found in virtually any environment.

(Bacteria, NCI Thesaurus)

Consequently, cell division and cell proliferation are inhibited and apoptosis is induced in Aurora kinase B-overexpressing tumor cells.

(Barasertib, NCI Thesaurus)

BBR 3464 binds to and forms DNA crosslinks and platinum-DNA adducts, preventing DNA replication and tumor cell division.

(BBR 3464, NCI Thesaurus)