misdivision
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
misdivision (countable and uncountable, plural misdivisions)
- Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.
- (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.