meiosis

Noun

understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

synonym

litotes
hypernym

rhetorical device understatement
hyponym

tapinosis

(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)

synonym	miosis reduction division
derivation	meiotic
domain topic	genetic science genetics
hypernym	cell division cellular division
hyponym	nondisjunction
mero part	anaphase cytokinesis karyokinesis metaphase prophase segregation telophase

meiosis vs cell division meiosis vs cellular division meiosis vs litotes meiosis vs meiotic meiosis vs miosis meiosis vs nondisjunction meiosis vs reduction division meiosis vs rhetorical device meiosis vs tapinosis meiosis vs understatement

Other words that start with: “M”, “ME”, “MEI”, “MEIO” or end with: “S”, “IS”, “SIS”, “OSIS”.

Other nouns that start with: “M”, “ME”, “MEI”, “MEIO” or end with: “S”, “IS”, “SIS”, “OSIS”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “MEIOSIS”.

synonym	litotes
hypernym	rhetorical device understatement
hyponym	tapinosis