"meiotic" meaning in English

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        "Of or pertaining to meiosis."
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to meiosis",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to meiosis",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to meiosis",
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          "roman": "meiotikós",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to meiosis",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to meiosis",
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