meiosis

noun

Definition of meiosisnext
as in understatement

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Recent Examples of meiosis Chromosome pairs are also essential for meiosis, the specialized type of cell division that produces sperm and eggs. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026 The media business always goes through some splitting of cells — meiosis and mitosis — but every industry leader concedes that consolidation is especially needed today. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026 According to the study, THC interferes with meiosis, the cell division process crucial for producing healthy eggs. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 In meiosis, a cell also divides into two halves, but these halves each have 23 chromosomes. — Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 30 July 2024 That division, called meiosis, results in the egg, which can eventually be fertilized by a sperm, and three extra cells called polar bodies. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2024 The lab is also trying to figure out how to get eggs to enter a special form of cell division called meiosis that prepares them for being fertilized. — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023 My sons’ high-school biology classes spent more time designing a model recycling center than teaching mitosis and meiosis. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022 In automixis, small cells called polar bodies – also produced through meiosis with eggs – can merge with an egg to produce offspring and create offspring that are similar to the mother but not exact clones. — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meiosis
  1. understatement
  2. belittlement
  3. disparagement
Noun
  • To say McDonald’s lovers are excited would be an understatement.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026
  • To say Summer 2026 has been a scorcher would be an understatement.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of understatement
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  • During Season 10, a newly confident Batula — who seemed to despise Cooke from the first minute of the premiere episode — appeared to be poised to launch a triumphant post-divorce arc, free at last from Cooke’s belittlement and verbal abuse.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • Apolline may embrace the social media aspects of her career but George’s belittlement rankles her.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of belittlement
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  • Iamaleava could have allowed the disparagement to compound, but the starting signal-caller is using it as fuel for a 2026 season where many have the Bruins painted as a potential dark horse.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Her mother, meanwhile, is backed up by her second husband (Kwon), a mild-mannered documentary filmmaker whose profession gives his wife yet more ammunition in her smiling disparagement of Sanghee.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of disparagement

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“Meiosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meiosis. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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