Cells have two methods of reproduction: mitosis and meiosis.
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Meiosis
//maɪˈəʊ.sɪs//
Synonyms for "meiosis" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (6)
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6 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
7 entriesmeronym
6 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- meiose noun (cell division)
Basque
1 entries- meiosi noun (cell division)
Bengali
1 entries- মিয়োসিস noun (cell division)
Catalan
2 entries- meiosi noun (cell division)
- miosi noun (cell division)
Chinese
1 entries- 減數分裂 /减数分裂 noun (cell division)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 減數分裂 /减数分裂 noun (cell division)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 減數分裂 /减数分裂 noun (cell division)
Czech
1 entries- meióza noun (cell division)
Dutch
1 entries- meiose noun (cell division)
Esperanto
1 entries- mejozo noun (cell division)
Finnish
1 entries- meioosi noun (cell division)
French
1 entries- méiose noun (cell division)
Galician
1 entries- meiose noun (cell division)
Georgian
1 entries- მეიოზი noun (cell division)
German
1 entries- Meiose noun (cell division)
Greek
1 entries- μείωση noun (cell division)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִיוֹזָה noun (cell division)
Hindi
2 entries- अर्धसूत्रण noun (cell division)
- अर्धसूत्री विभाजन noun (cell division)
Hungarian
1 entries- meiózis noun (cell division)
Icelandic
2 entries- meiósa noun (cell division)
- rýriskipting noun (cell division)
Indonesian
1 entries- meiosis noun (cell division)
Japanese
1 entries- 減数分裂 noun (cell division)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮಿಯಾಸಿಸ್ noun (cell division)
Kazakh
1 entries- мейоз noun (cell division)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- мейоз noun (cell division)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഊനഭംഗം noun (cell division)
- മയോസിസ് noun (cell division)
Mongolian
1 entries- мейоз noun (cell division)
Māori
1 entries- wehenga pūtau noun (cell division)
Occitan
1 entries- meiòsi noun (cell division)
Persian
1 entries- میوز noun (cell division)
Polish
1 entries- mejoza noun (cell division)
Portuguese
2 entries- meiose noun (cell division)
- miose noun (cell division)
Russian
1 entries- мейо́з noun (cell division)
Spanish
1 entries- meiosis noun (cell division)
Swedish
1 entries- meios noun (cell division)
Tamil
1 entries- ஒடுக்கற்பிரிவு noun (cell division)
Turkish
2 entries- mayoz noun (cell division)
- mayoz bölünme noun (cell division)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giảm phân noun (cell division)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I knew, with one of those secret knowledges that can exist between two people, that her suicide was a direct result of my having told her of my own attempt – I had told it with a curt meiosis that was meant to conceal depths; and she had called my bluff one final time.
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