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deconcentrate (iou) and reduction division (medicine)


deconcentrate (iou)



deconcentrate verb trans. L19.
[from DE- 3 + CONCENTRATE verb.]
Reverse or reduce the concentration of; decentralize.
deconcen'tration noun L19.

reduction division (medicine)


reduction division


The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the chromosome number is reduced from diploid (46 chromosomes) to haploid (23 chromosomes). Also called first meiotic division or first meiosis.