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misdivision

noun

Etymology

From mis- + division.

  1. derived from divisio
  2. derived from division
  3. inherited from divisioun
  4. prefixed as misdivision — “mis + division”

Definitions

  1. Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.

  2. Abnormal (i.e. transverse instead of longitudinal) division of a centromere during…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misdivision. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA