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Meiosis   /maɪˈoʊsəs/   Listen
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Meiosis  n.  
1.
(Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see also litotes.
2.
(Cell Biology) The cellular process by which a diploid progenitor cell forms haploid gametes, including a division of one diploid cell into two cells, each with one of the homologous sets of chromosomes.





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"Meiosis" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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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