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haplosis

haplosis noun: the halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number.

Noun

haplosis (uncountable)

  1. The halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number

haplosis meaning in Tamil

haplosis in Tamil

ஒருமடியமாதல்

Origin of haplosis

From haplo- + -osis.

Questions about haplosis

What does haplosis mean?
Haplosis means the halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number.
What is haplosis in Tamil?
Haplosis in Tamil is ஒருமடியமாதல். See Haplosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is haplosis?
Haplosis is a noun.

Words near haplosis in the dictionary

  1. haplosegment
  2. haplosegments
  3. haploselfing
  4. haplosimilar
  5. haplosimilarity
  6. haplosis
  7. haplospecific
  8. haplospore
  9. haplospores
  10. haplosporidian
  11. haplosporidians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haplosis (page history and authors); haplosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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