Meiosis

[mai'әusis]

Definition

(noun.) (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).

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Definition

(n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.

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Definition

n. (rhet.) a figure of speech representing a thing as less than it is.

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