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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (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);
[syn: meiosis, miosis, reduction division]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reduction division n 1: (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) [syn: meiosis, miosis, reduction division]