Meiosis

مترادف و متضاد meiosis

1. 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)
   Synonyms: miosis, reduction-division
2. noun Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
   Synonyms: litotes