cell division - the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cellsamitosis - the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes meiosis, miosis, reduction division - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) mitosis - cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes |