cell division

noun

: the process by which cells multiply involving both nuclear and cytoplasmic division compare meiosis, mitosis

Examples of cell division in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This protein is needed for the formation of cilia — hairlike protrusions that cells can use to move — as well as in the assembly of the mitotic spindle that organizes chromosomes during cell division, and for the transport of neurotransmitters in neurons. —Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025

However, every time a cell divides and DNA is replicated, those protective caps get a little bit shorter, eventually reaching a point where cell division stops. —New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025

Induction of experimental cell division to generate cells with reduced chromosome ploidy. —Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell. —Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

cell division

noun

: a process by which cells increase in number that usually involves division into similar parts of more or less equal size compare meiosis, mitosis

Medical Definition

cell division

noun

: the process by which cells multiply involving both nuclear and cytoplasmic division compare meiosis, mitosis