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1. (noun) meiosis, miosis, reduction division
(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)
Synonyms: light reflex, meiosis, myosis, litotes, miosis, reduction division, pupillary reflex

2. (noun) light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis, myosis
reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
Synonyms: pupillary reflex, epidemic myalgia, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic pleurodynia, meiosis, reduction division, myosis, miosis, light reflex

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