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misdivision

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From mis- + division.

noun misdivisions

  1. countable, uncountable Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.
  2. countable, uncountable 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.

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@misc{misdivision_2026,
  title = {misdivision},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misdivision},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}