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multiple fission
mul·ti·ple fis·sion


noun 
Definition:
 
reproduction of single-celled organisms: a form of asexual reproduction occurring in some single-celled organisms such as malaria parasites in which a single parent cell breaks up to yield numerous daughter cells
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