meiosis
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Noun
- (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)
- Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
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Words that sound like the term "meiosis".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ambitious | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | memphis | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | marcus | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | amorphous | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | impetus | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | smoothness | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | murderous | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | meanness | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | madness | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | mathias | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | mucus | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | smallness | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | amadeus | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | embarrass | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | macias | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | madras | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | magnus | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | malpass | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | margus | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | marius | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | markkas | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | markus | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | martus | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | masius | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | matthias | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | mattress | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | matyas | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | maxus | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | meatless | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | meleis | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | mobius | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | molpus | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | molpus' | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | mucous | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | omnibus | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | smokeless | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | smugness | 2 | 0 |
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| 1 | mess | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | moss | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | nemesis | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | memoirs | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | zeiss | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | isis | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | mosaics | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | weiss | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | reiss | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | meiss | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | missis | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | biosis | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | symbiosis | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | meis | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | osmosis | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | minosos | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | mesbics | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | meisels | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | endometriosis | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | veliotis | 4 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 37
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
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Consonant Matches: 8
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📰 This Word in the News:
A ‘Breaking’ Breakthrough: Researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute Discovery How DNA Breaks Are Controlled During Meiosis
Apr 7, 2021 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Apr 7, 2021 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
SKP1 drives the prophase I to metaphase I transition during male meiosis
Mar 25, 2020 Science | AAAS
Mar 25, 2020 Science | AAAS
New Research Sheds Light on Causes of Reproductive Disorders, Infertility, Miscarriage, Birth Defects
Mar 21, 2022 Rutgers University
Mar 21, 2022 Rutgers University