Defenition of the word cleavage

• Defenition of the word cleavage

  • The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
  • The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
  • The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
  • The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts.
  • The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  • the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
  • the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
  • (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
  • the act of cleaving or splitting
  • the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman''s breasts)
  • the state of being split or cleft

Synonyms for the word cleavage

• • cell-division
  • cleaving
  • scission
  • segmentation
  • splitting

Meronymys for the word cleavage

• • gestation
  • maternity
  • pregnancy

Hypernyms for the word cleavage

• • area
  • cell division
  • cellular division
  • chemical action
  • chemical change
  • chemical process
  • division
  • region
  • state

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