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Synonyms for reduction-division

Noun

1. meiosis, miosis, reduction division, cell division, cellular division
usage: (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)
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