meiotic en · ADJ
Etymology
Coined by British biologists John Bretland Farmer and John Edmund Sharrock Moore in 1905 as maiotic in a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopic Science, with the spelling corrected on etymological grounds later that year. Equivalent to meio- + -tic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to meiosis.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maiotic | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
pseudomeiotic · premeiotic · meiotically · intrameiotic · apomeiotic · ameiotic · postmeiotic · transmeiotic
Translations (4)
ca meiòtic (of or pertaining to meiosis) · de meiotisch (of or pertaining to meiosis) · el μειωτικός (of or pertaining to meiosis) · fr méiotique (of or pertaining to meiosis)