Meiosis Synonyms

mī-ōsĭs
(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
Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. litotes

Words Related to Meiosis

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Related:

  1. mitosis
  2. meiotic
  3. prophase
  4. cytokinesis
  5. anaphase
  6. telophase
  7. gametogenesis
  8. gastrulation
  9. centrosome
  10. oogenesis

Meiosis Sentence Examples

  • A special kind of cell division takes place in making germ cells, called meiosis.

  • Reduction Divisions (Meiosis).The divisions which take place leading to the formation of the sexual cells show a reduction in the number of chromosomes to one-half.

  • A diploid cell may also undergo meiosis to produce haploid cells, usually four.

  • The process by which the chromosomes divide during the production of egg and sperm cells is termed meiosis.

  • To study meiosis, it is necessary to investigate the consequences to chromosome segregation of altering particular proteins.

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