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[细胞核的] 减数分裂

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meiosis \Mei*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to make smaller,
   from ?. See {Meionite}.] (Rhet.)
   Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
   being less than it really is.

资料来源 : WordNet®

meiosis
     n 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)
          [syn: {miosis}, {reduction division}]
     2: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when
        expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary);
        "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was
        very upset' is an example of litotes" [syn: {litotes}]
     [also: {meioses} (pl)]