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Meiosis

meiosis
n. 1 Biol. a type of cell division that results in daughter cells with half the chromosome number of the parent cell (cf. MITOSIS). 2 = LITOTES. Derivatives meiotic adj. meiotically adv. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk meiosis f. meioo lessen f. meion less
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  noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek meiōsis diminution, from meioun to diminish, from meiōn less; akin to Sanskrit mīyate he diminishes Date: 1550 the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect ; understatement, the cellular process that results in the number of chromosomes in gamete-producing cells being reduced to one half and that involves a reduction division in which one of each pair of homologous chromosomes passes to each daughter cell and a mitotic division, meiotic adjective meiotically adverb ...
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