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Meiosis   /maɪˈoʊsəs/   Listen
Meiosis

noun
(pl. meioses)
1.
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants).  Synonyms: miosis, reduction division.
2.
Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).  Synonym: litotes.






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... homotypic nuclear division are included together under the term allotypic nuclear division and are distinguished from the ordinary or typical nuclear division. The name Meiosis (By J. Bretland Farmer and J.E.S. Moore in 1905.) has also been proposed for these two allotypic nuclear divisions. The typical divisions are often spoken of ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others



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