meiotic

See also: meiòtic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Coined by British biologists John Bretland Farmer and by 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.

Adjective

meiotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to meiosis.
    Antonym: nonmeiotic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French méiotique.

Adjective

meiotic m or n (feminine singular meiotică, masculine plural meiotici, feminine and neuter plural meiotice)

  1. meiotic

Declension

Declension of meiotic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite meiotic meiotică meiotici meiotice
definite meioticul meiotica meioticii meioticele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite meiotic meiotice meiotici meiotice
definite meioticului meioticei meioticilor meioticelor
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