MEIOSIS


Meaning of MEIOSIS in English

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. øømeiotic adj. meiotically adv. [mod.L f. Gk meiosis f. meioo lessen f. meion less]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.