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Noun meiosis has 2 senses
- meiosis, miosis, reduction division - (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)
--1 is a kind of cell division, cellular division
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars: nondisjunction
- litotes, meiosis - 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"
--2 is a kind of rhetorical device; understatement
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