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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Reduction of the diploid number of chromosomes by one half during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number.
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- n. biology The halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number
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- Greek haplous, single; see haploid + -osis. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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