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reduction division

noun Biology.

the first division of meiosis in which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half the original number.
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

another name for meiosis
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for reduction division

reduction division

n.

reduction
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