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Definition of Cellular division

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cellular Division

Literary usage of Cellular division

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered by Hans Driesch (1908)
"Therefore, cellular division cannot be the true reason of differentiation, but is only a process, which though necessary in some cases, cannot be essential ..."

2. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"Even when no cellular division occurs, the nuclear segments separate from one another, and distribute themselves regularly throughout the cell so that no ..."

3. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1893)
"We know, in fact, that certain small colorable bodies, situated outside of the nucleus, preside over cellular division. Ed. van Beneden has given them the ..."

4. The Adventure of Life by Robert William Mackenna (1919)
"... has succeeded in producing in solutions of inorganic salts figures of growth which closely resemble plant life, and processes of cellular division that ..."

5. Light Energy: Its Physics, Physiological Action and Therapeutic Applications by Margaret Abigail Cleaves (1904)
"In these they found 52 figures of cellular division or a little over 1/79 of the cells in karyokinesis. Upon examination of the tritons raised in the red ..."

6. The Navy as a Fighting Machine by Bradley Allen Fiske (1918)
"... must have guns and torpedoes for offense, and must have armor and cellular division of the hull for defense; the armor to keep out the enemy's shells, ..."

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