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fission (fish´әn) the act of splitting. asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into two (binary fission) or more (multiple fission) daughter parts, each of which becomes an individual organism. nuclear fission; the splitting of the atomic nucleus, with release of energy. binary fission
the halving of the nucleus and then of the cytoplasm of the cell, as occurs in protozoa.
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