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hap·lo·sis (hap lō′sis)

noun

Biol. a halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, through the division of a diploid cell into two haploids

Etymology: hapl(o)- + -osis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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