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.

Derivatives:

meiotic adj. meiotically adv.

Etymology: mod.L f. Gk meiosis f. meioo lessen f. meion less

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