how to pronounce meiosis

/maɪˈəʊ.sɪs/

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meiosis is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of meiosis in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… double strand breaks in meiosis I think …”

meanings of meiosis

noun:

A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is; understatement.
Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.

meiosis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word meiosis occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics meiosis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that meiosis can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;