n, pl  mei*o*ses   :  the cellular process that results in the number of chromosomes in gamete-producing cells being reduced to one half and that involves a reduction division in which one of each pair of homologous chromosomes passes to each daughter cell and a mitotic division - compare MITOSIS1   mei*ot*ic adj mei*ot*i*cal*ly adv 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mas·seuse  Me·so·zoa  mi·o·sis 
 
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