noun
Biological term for the cell division process that produces gametes with half the chromosome number.
減数分裂は生殖細胞の形成に不可欠な過程です。
Meiosis is an essential process for the formation of reproductive cells.
Mitosis; cell division for growth and repair, producing identical daughter cells, unlike meiosis which halves the chromosome number.
Compound of 減数 (reduction in number) and 分裂 (division), directly describing the halving of chromosome number during this type of cell division.