See Also: meiotic phase(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Meiotic(medicine)
meiotic(dictionary)
meiotic division(medicine)
meiotic nondisjunction(medicine)
first meiotic division(medicine)
meiotic drive(medicine)
second meiotic division(medicine)
meiotic spindle(medicine)

meiotic phase (medicine)


meiotic phase


The stage of nuclear changes in the sexual cells during which reduction of the chromosomes takes place; it embraces the cell generations of the spermatocytes and oocytes.

Synonym: reduction phase.