| cleavage | the act of cleaving or splitting |
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| cleavage | the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) |
| cleavage | (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum |
| cleavage | the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules |
| cleavage | the state of being split or cleft |
| cleavage | the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula |