What does the word division mean?
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Divisio, Dioeresis. Same etymon. The accidental separation of parts naturally united; in other words, a wound or solution of continuity. Most frequently, however, it means an operation, which consists in cutting certain parts, with the view of fulfilling some therapeutical indication.
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Usage examples for division
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What would be a proper division of the money, so that each may have justice? – Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore by Burren Laughlin and L. L. Flood
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Still I must confess this, that, so far as I know, no English division of fifteen thousand men ever came home at night with more than five thousand prisoners. – The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon by Newell Dwight Hillis
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I opened one division and then another and another. – Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri
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In which social division did Ann belong? – Nobody's Child by Elizabeth Dejeans
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