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Synonymer till meiosis

substantiv

  1. ((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)) miosis; reduction division; meiosis
  2. (understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)) litotes; meiosis