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減数分裂 (gensuubunretsu) Japanese meaning: meiosis | Kotomora

減げん数すう分ぶん裂れつ

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Meanings

1

Biological term for the cell division process that produces gametes with half the chromosome number.

減げん数すう分ぶん裂れつは生せい殖しょく細

さい

胞ぼう

の

形けい

成せい

に

不ふ

可か

欠けつ

な

過か

程てい

です

。

Meiosis is an essential process for the formation of reproductive cells.

Kanji

減dwindle, decrease, reduce
数number, strength, fate
分part, minute of time, segment
裂split, rend, tear

Related words

体たい細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつ
Mitosis; cell division for growth and repair, producing identical daughter cells, unlike meiosis which halves the chromosome number.

Built from

減げん数すう+分ぶん裂れつ

Etymology

Compound of 減数 (reduction in number) and 分裂 (division), directly describing the halving of chromosome number during this type of cell division.