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reduction division

noun

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


reduction division

noun

  1. 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


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Origin of reduction division1

First recorded in 1890–95

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