meiosis [mʌɪˈəʊsɪs] (pl. meioses -siːz) [mass noun]
(Biology)a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each with half the chromosome number of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes (生)减数分裂。 比较 mitosis
another term for litotes 同 litotes
派生 meiotic adjective meiotically adverb 语源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): modern Latin, from Greek meiōsis, from meioun 'lessen', from meiōn 'less'. Sense 1 dates from the early 20th cent