misdivision

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ division

Noun

misdivision (countable and uncountable, plural misdivisions)

  1. Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.
  2. (cytology) 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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