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meiosis

音標[mai'əusis] 讀音

漢語翻譯

n. 成熟分裂, 減數分裂
【醫】減數分裂, 成熟分裂

詞型變化：

副詞:meiotically 形容詞:meiotic 名詞複數:meioses

英文解釋：

名詞 meiosis:

(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)
同義詞：miosis, reduction division
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
同義詞：litotes

詳細解釋：

mei.o.sis

n.（名詞）
【複數】 mei.o.ses[-sôz.]
Genetics The process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in reproductive cells, leading to the production of gametes in animals and spores in plants.
【遺傳學】 （細胞核的）減數分裂：發生在有性生殖的生物中之細胞分裂過程，這一過程會減少生殖細胞染色體數目，從而導致動物配偶子和植物孢子之產生
Rhetorical understatement.
間接肯定法：修辭上之輕描淡寫、有節制的說法

來源：
Greek meiôsis [diminution]
希臘語 meiôsis [減少]
from meioun [to diminish]
源自 meioun [減少]
from meiôn [less] * see mei- 2
源自 meiôn [更少] *參見 mei- 2

【引伸】
meiot.ic
meiot.ically
adv.（副詞）