meiosis
IPA: maɪˈoʊsʌs
noun
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
- (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
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Examples of "meiosis" in Sentences
- See spermatogenesis and meiosis.
- Look at an article like Meiosis.
- Auxesis is the opposite of meiosis.
- A pause between two phases of meiosis.
- Meiosis is not involved in fragmentation.
- This is a source of variation in meiosis.
- It's meiosis, and the diagram is confusing.
- This is achieved by the process of meiosis.
- With the gametes produced directly by meiosis.
- Meiosis is the reproduction of gametes, or sex cells.
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