"meiosis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /maɪˈəʊ.sɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /maɪˈoʊ.sɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-meiosis.ogg [US] Forms: meioses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis, “a lessening”), from μειόω (meióō, “I lessen”), from μείων (meíōn, “less”). The biological sense was coined by British biologists John Bretland Farmer and John Edmund Sharrock Moore in 1905 as maiosis in a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopic Science, with the spelling corrected on etymological grounds later that year. Doublet of miosis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|μείωσις||a lessening}} Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis, “a lessening”), {{m|grc|μειόω||I lessen}} μειόω (meióō, “I lessen”), {{m|grc|μείων||less}} μείων (meíōn, “less”), {{coin|en|John Bretland Farmer|nat=British|nocap=1|occ=biologists}} coined by British biologists John Bretland Farmer, {{coin|en|John Edmund Sharrock Moore|in=1905|notext=1}} John Edmund Sharrock Moore in 1905, {{m|en|maiosis}} maiosis, {{doublet|en|miosis}} Doublet of miosis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|meioses}} meiosis (countable and uncountable, plural meioses)
  1. (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric, Figures of speech Synonyms: understatement
    Sense id: en-meiosis-en-noun-k0cIzNXr Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 76 24
  2. (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Cytology, Biology Synonyms: reduction division Translations (cell division): meiosi (Basque), মিয়োসিস (miẏōśiś) (Bengali), meiosi [feminine] (Catalan), miosi [feminine] (Catalan), 減數分裂 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 减数分裂 (kiám-sò͘ hun-lia̍t) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 減數分裂 (Chinese Cantonese), 减数分裂 (english: gaam² sou³ fan¹ lit⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 減數分裂 (Chinese Mandarin), 减数分裂 (jiǎnshùfēnliè) (Chinese Mandarin), meióza [feminine] (Czech), meiose [feminine] (Dutch), mejozo (Esperanto), meioosi (Finnish), méiose [feminine] (French), meiose [feminine] (Galician), მეიოზი (meiozi) (Georgian), Meiose [feminine] (German), μείωση (meíosi) [feminine] (Greek), מִיוֹזָה (miyóza) [feminine] (Hebrew), अर्धसूत्रण (ardhsūtraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), अर्धसूत्री विभाजन (ardhsūtrī vibhājan) [masculine] (Hindi), meiózis (Hungarian), rýriskipting [feminine] (Icelandic), meiósa [feminine] (Icelandic), 減数分裂 (gensū bunretsu) (alt: げんすうぶんれつ) (Japanese), ಮಿಯಾಸಿಸ್ (miyāsis) (Kannada), мейоз (meioz) (Kazakh), мейоз (meyoz) (Kyrgyz), ഊനഭംഗം (ūnabhaṅgaṁ) (Malayalam), മയോസിസ് (mayōsisŭ) (Malayalam), wehenga pūtau (Maori), мейоз (mejoz) (Mongolian), meiòsi [feminine] (Occitan), میوز (Persian), mejoza [feminine] (Polish), meiose [feminine] (Portuguese), miose [feminine] (Portuguese), мейо́з (mejóz) [masculine] (Russian), meiosis [feminine] (Spanish), meios [common-gender] (Swedish), ஒடுக்கற்பிரிவு (oṭukkaṟpirivu) (Tamil), mayoz (Turkish), mayoz bölünme (Turkish), giảm phân (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-meiosis-en-noun-cDdxRJql Disambiguation of Biology: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'cell division': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maiosis [obsolete] Derived forms: meiotic, meiotically

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /meˈjosis/, [meˈjo.sis] Forms: meiosis [plural]
Rhymes: -osis Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|grc|μείωσις|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis), {{bor+|es|grc|μείωσις}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} meiosis f (plural meiosis)
  1. (biology) meiosis Wikipedia link: es:meiosis Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-meiosis-es-noun-P8-Hl3vs Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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