Bifurcation

The site where a division into two parts occurs, as where a tooth divides into two roots.


A place where something divides into two parts.


In law, breaking a case or trial into two parts so that the question of divorce may often be separated from other related issues, such as child support, custody, visitation rights, and alimony.


Split or branch point, often of either a nerve or a blood vessels (e.g., the bifurcation of the aorta into the iliac arteries).


The point at which division into two branches occurs; for example in blood vessels or in the trachea.


A separation into two branches; the point of forking.


 


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