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.

Adjective

meiotic (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to meiosis.
Antonym: nonmeiotic

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 and neuter plural meiotice)

meiotic

Declension

Declension of meiotic

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

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