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Meiosis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Mei‐o″sis (mī̍‐ō″sĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μείωσισ, fr. μειου̑ν to make smaller, from μείων. See Meionite.] (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.