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noun
Sense 1
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
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nondisjunction
noun
Sense 2
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
"saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes"
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