Hyphenation of meiosis

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word meiosis? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

meio-sis

Definitions of meiosis:

1.
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
The nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
2.
Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
Saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes

Synonyms of meiosis:

noun miosis, reduction division, cell division, cellular division
noun litotes, rhetorical device, understatement

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