meioses

Meanings

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

Synonyms

litotes, meiosis, miosis, reduction division