meiotic
- a word derived from meiosis.
Example Sentences
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Within six weeks, most normal meiotic processes returned, along with healthy sperm production.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
This reshuffling, due to random segregation of chromosomes and meiotic recombination, is important in generating novel and beneficial genetic configurations in natural populations and during breeding.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
This may allow humans and other mammals to tolerate meiotic drive over evolutionary time.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2022
Meiosis II, in which the second round of meiotic division takes place, includes prophase II, prometaphase II, and so on.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Hence we get names for the two kinds of diminutives; viz., the term meiotic for the true diminutives, and the term hypocoristic for the diminutives of endearment.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
