Definition:
- (n.) A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
- (n.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.
- (n.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.
Compare fission with other words:
fission vs. mission
dissimilation vs. fission
fissigemmation vs. fission
fission vs. fissiparism
deuterozooid vs. fission
budding vs. fission
buckling vs. fission
fission vs. schizophyte
fission vs. moderator
cell vs. fission
fissile vs. fission
daughter vs. fission
bacterium vs. fission
fission vs. particle
atom vs. fission
fission vs. nucleus
fission vs. process
fission vs. fissiparous
asexual vs. fission
decay vs. fission
accrementition vs. fission
fission vs. fusion