| 释义 |
meiosis/maiˈəʊsis/n. (pl. meioses /-si:z/) 1 Biol. a type of cell division that results in daughter cells with half the chromosome number of the parent cell (cf. 参见 MITOSIS) 【生】减数分裂 2 = LITOTES □ meiotic /-ˈɒtik/ adj.□ meiotically /-ˈɒtik(ə)li/ adv.[modern Latin from Greek meiōsis, via meioō ‘lessen’ from meiōn ‘less’] |