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BIFURCATION

\ba͡ɪfəkˈe͡ɪʃən], \ba‍ɪfəkˈe‍ɪʃən], \b_aɪ_f_ə_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of BIFURCATION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
the act of splitting into two branches

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
the act of splitting into two branches

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Division of a trunk into two branches; as the bifurcation of the trachea, aorta, &c.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Division into two branches.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A dividing into two, as, in dentistry, the roots of the superior first bicuspid. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

Division into two.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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