reduction division

noun — 2 senses

reduction division

noun
1

Biology, Cytology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences the first of the two divisions of meiosis, a type of cell division.

2

Biology, Cytology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences meiosis as a whole, a type of cell division.

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