DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
meiosis
/maɪ'oʊsɪs/ · maɪoʊsɪs
Meiosis has 3 syllables: mei · o · sis.
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noun. Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
noun. (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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