Meiosis Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Meiosis

Meaning 1 : understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

    Synonyms : litotes
Meaning 2 : (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


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