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- [mahy-oh-sis]
- /maɪˈoʊ sɪs/
- /maɪˈəʊ.sɪs/
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- [mahy-oh-sis]
- /maɪˈoʊ sɪs/
Definitions of meiosis word
- noun meiosis Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. Compare mitosis. 1
- noun meiosis Rhetoric. belittlement. expressive understatement, especially litotes. 1
- noun meiosis A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores. 1
- noun meiosis biology: cell division 1
- noun meiosis a type of cell division in which a nucleus divides into four daughter nuclei, each containing half the chromosome number of the parent nucleus: occurs in all sexually reproducing organisms in which haploid gametes or spores are produced 0
- noun meiosis the process of two consecutive nuclear divisions in the formation of germ cells in animals and of spores in most plants, by which the number of chromosomes ordinarily is reduced from the diploid, or double, number found in somatic cells to the haploid, or halved, number found in gametes and in spores 0
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Origin of meiosis
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Greek meíōsis a lessening, equivalent to meiō-, variant stem of meioûn to lessen (derivative of meíōn less) + -sis -sis
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Parts of speech for Meiosis
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meiosis popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for meiosis
noun meiosis
- amitosis — an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division
- mitosis — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
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