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Reduction division
The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the chromosome number is reduced from diploid (46 chromosomes) to haploid (23 chromosomes). Also called first meiotic division or first meiosis.

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reduction division n the usu. first division of meiosis in which chromosome reduction occurs also MEIOSIS

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the first division of meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for the whole of meiosis.

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reductional division meiosis I, so called because at this stage the chromosome number per cell is reduced from diploid to haploid.

Medical dictionary. 2011.