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One entry found for meiosis.
Main Entry: mei·o·sis Pronunciation: m  -  -s sFunction: noun Inflected Form(s): plural mei·o·ses /-  s z/: the cellular process that results in the number of chromosomes in gamete-producing cells being reduced to one half and that involves a reduction division in which one of each pair of homologous chromosomes passes to each daughter cell and a mitotic division -- compare MITOSIS 1 - mei·ot·ic /m -ät-ik/ adjective - mei·ot·i·cal·ly /-i-k( -)l/ adverb
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\ g \ as g in go \ h \ as h in hat \ i \ as i in hit \ \ as i in ice \ j \ as j in job \ k \ as k in kin \  \ as ch in ich dien \ l \ as l in lily \ m \ as m in murmur \ n \ as n in own \  \ as ng
in sing \ \ as o
in go\  \ as aw
in law \ i \ as oy
in boy \ p \ as p in pepper |
\ r \ as r in red \ s \ as s in less> \ sh \ as sh in shy \ t \ as t in tie \ th \ as th in thin \ th \ as th in the \ ü \ as oo in loot \  \ as oo
in foot \ v \ as v in vivid \ w \ as w in away \ y \ as y in yet \ yü \ as you in youth \ y \
as u in curable \ z \ as z in zone \ zh \ as si in vision |
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in ace