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Meiosis

Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.

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Understatement 76% connected

The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

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Karyokinesis 70% connected

The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movem…

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Segregation 70% connected

The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

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Litotes 92% connected

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of…

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Fertilized ovum noun · 85% connection

(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…

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Heterozygote noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring

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Homozygote noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic

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Miosis noun · 85% connection

(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…

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Reduction division noun · 85% connection

(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…

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Sex chromosome noun · 85% connection

(genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes"

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XX noun · 85% connection

(genetics) normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female

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XXX noun · 85% connection

(genetics) abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a female

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XXY noun · 85% connection

(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male resulting in Klinefelter's syndrome

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XY noun · 85% connection

(genetics) normal complement of sex hormones in a male

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XYY noun · 85% connection

(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male who has two Y chromosomes

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Zygote noun · 85% connection

(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…

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Autosome noun · 85% connection

any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa

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Chromosome noun · 85% connection

a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…

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Somatic chromosome noun · 85% connection

any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa

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Nondisjunction noun · 85% connection

meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the…

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X chromosome noun · 85% connection

the sex chromosome that is present in both sexes: singly in males and doubly in females; "human females normally have two X chromosome…

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Y chromosome noun · 85% connection

the sex chromosome that is carried by men; "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"

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Abatement noun · 78% connection

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abateme…

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Abridgment noun · 78% connection

The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures…

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Addition noun · 78% connection

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Antigalastic adjective · 78% connection

Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

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Apoplexy noun · 78% connection

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

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Astheny noun · 78% connection

Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.

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Atrophy noun · 78% connection

A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

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Attenuation noun · 78% connection

The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.

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Auxesis noun · 78% connection

A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

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Batement noun · 78% connection

Abatement; diminution.

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Clear superl. · 78% connection

Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.

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