Word "MEIOSIS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
Synonyms:
litotes

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(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)
Synonyms:
miosis, reduction division

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Some mix-up about one is an understatement (7)
Process of cell division New York Times 20 Jun 2024
Understatement, irregular emission did not stop (7)
Process by which one cell becomes four Universal 12 Apr 2022
Cell division that produces gametes LA Times Daily 13 Aug 2020
Cell division that produces gametes The Washington Post 13 Aug 2020
Is some misbehaving getting one imprisoned? That's an understatement
Type of cell division
9 and sibling framing 'a far-off moon' as rhetorical device The Telegraph Toughie 15 Jan 2016
Cell division
Expressive understatement
"The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine . . . "
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