Definition of meiosis

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Definition of meiosis

  • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. litotes
  • (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) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. miosis
    2. reduction division

See definition of meiosis in Merriam Webster