miosi — meaning in English

English meaning

• meiosis noun A type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.

Senses

miosi is used for these senses in English:

• meiosis (usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
• miosis Contraction of the pupil of the eye.

meiosis — full definition

1. noun A type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.
2. noun A figure of speech in which something is deliberately described as smaller or less important than it is, for ironic effect.
3. noun Abnormal narrowing of the pupil of the eye, more usually spelled miosis.

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