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reduction division

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noun Biology.
  1. the first division of meiosis in which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half the original number.
  2. meiosis.
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Origin of reduction division

First recorded in 1890–95
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British Dictionary definitions for reduction division

reduction division

noun
  1. another name for meiosis
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reduction division in Medicine

reduction division

n.
  1. reduction
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