Synonyms of meiosis

meiosis

noun

as in understatement

Related Words

• understatement
• belittlement
• disparagement
• minimizing
• poor-mouthing

Dissimilar Words

• magnification
• elaboration
• stretching
• coloring
• exaggeration
• enhancement
• amplification
• embroidery
• overstatement
• padding
• caricature
• fabrication
• misrepresentation
• hyperbole
• embellishment
• embroidering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meiosis

Chromosome pairs are also essential for meiosis, the specialized type of cell division that produces sperm and eggs. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026

The media business always goes through some splitting of cells — meiosis and mitosis — but every industry leader concedes that consolidation is especially needed today. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026

According to the study, THC interferes with meiosis, the cell division process crucial for producing healthy eggs. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025

In meiosis, a cell also divides into two halves, but these halves each have 23 chromosomes. — Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 30 July 2024

That division, called meiosis, results in the egg, which can eventually be fertilized by a sperm, and three extra cells called polar bodies. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2024

The lab is also trying to figure out how to get eggs to enter a special form of cell division called meiosis that prepares them for being fertilized. — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023

My sons’ high-school biology classes spent more time designing a model recycling center than teaching mitosis and meiosis. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022

In automixis, small cells called polar bodies – also produced through meiosis with eggs – can merge with an egg to produce offspring and create offspring that are similar to the mother but not exact clones. — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2021