misdivision

noun — 2 senses

misdivision

noun

Etymology From mis- + division.

Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.

Biology, Cytology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences 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.

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