meiotic

See also: meiòtic

English

Alternative forms

• maiotic (archaic)

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.

Adjective

meiotic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to meiosis.

   Antonym: nonmeiotic

Derived terms

• ameiotic
• apomeiotic
• intrameiotic
• meiotically
• postmeiotic
• premeiotic
• pseudomeiotic
• transmeiotic

Translations

of or pertaining to meiosis

• Catalan: meiòtic
• French: méiotique (fr)
• German: meiotisch
• Greek: μειωτικός (el) m (meiotikós)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French méiotique.

Adjective

meiotic m or n (feminine singular meiotică, masculine plural meiotici, feminine/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