multiple fission


nounBiology.
  1. fission into more than two new organisms.

Origin of multiple fission

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First recorded in 1910–15

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multiple fission

noun
  1. zoology asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms, esp sporozoans, in which the nucleus divides a number of times, followed by division of the cytoplasm, to form daughter cells

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