Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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miosis | Yes | No | No | No |
karyokinesis | Yes | No | No | No |
miosis (noun) | karyokinesis (noun) |
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reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller | organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis |
(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) |