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- noun Reduction of the diploid number of chromosomes by one half during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number.
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- noun biology The
halving of the number ofchromosomes duringmeiosis , resulting in thehaploid number
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek haploos, single; see haploid + –osis.]
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We may compare the haplosis or ekstasis of Plotinus and the visions of St
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896
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