REDUCTION DIVISION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
   • the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
   Synonym(s)
   • meiosis (what does meiosis mean?)
   • miosis (what does miosis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) reduction division is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cell division (what does cell division mean?)
   • cellular division (what does cellular division mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nondisjunction (what does nondisjunction mean?)