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Summary

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meiosis:
- Wiktionary:
  meiosis → meiose
  meiosis → meiose
- Synonyms for "meiosis":
  miosis; reduction division; cell division; cellular division
  litotes; rhetorical device; understatement

English

Detailed Translations for meiosis from English to Dutch

meiosis:

Translation Matrix for meiosis:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	litotes; miosis; myosis; reduction division

Related Words for "meiosis":

meioses

Synonyms for "meiosis":

miosis; reduction division; cell division; cellular division
litotes; rhetorical device; understatement

Related Definitions for "meiosis":

understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)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)¹

Wiktionary Translations for meiosis:

meiosis

noun

cell division
- meiosis → meiose

meiosis

noun

biologie|nld celdeling waarbij geslachtscellen ontstaan
- meiose → meiosis

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• meiosis	→ meiose	↔ Meiose — Genetik: besondere Form der Zellkernteilung, wobei im Unterschied zur gewöhnlichen Kernteilung, der Mitose, die Anzahl der Chromosomen halbiert wird
• meiosis	→ meiose	↔ méiose — biologie\|fr (botanique) histologie\|fr Ensemble des deux divisions cellulaires aboutissant à la formation du gamète par réduction chromatique.

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