~ MEI~     id+ | LESS | a root for prefix  
~ MEIO~    id+ | REDUCE MINIMIZE |
~ MEIOSIS  id+ | "REDUCTION" CELL DIVISION | 
           note shift from MEI to MINI  sug> MINUTE 
  etym> from gr MEIOUN for TO DIMINISH 
  gr  MEION  = SMALLER               
  lat MINUEIN  MINIMIZED DIMINISHED 
  note         MINUTE 
  biol> med> DIVIDING SEX or GERM CELLS THAT 
             UNDERGO MEIOSIS PRODUCE DAUGHTER 
  CELLS THAT ARE MONOPLOID or no longer 
  DIPLOID or HAVING CHROMOSOMAL PAIRS 
  thus DAUGHTER A SINGLE CHROMOSOME OF EACH PAIR 
  note TWO DIFFERENCES of MEIOSIS vs see> MITOSIS 
       first "REDUCTION" of CHROMOSOMES inherited by 
  DAUGHER CELLS and the second critical difference 
  occurs during CHROMOSOMAL PAIRING during which 
  "CROSS OVER" or EXCHANGE of SEGMENTS between PAIRS 
  results in "de novo" CHROMOSOMES WITH 
  A RANDOM ADMIXTURE OF PARENTAL GENES     
  sug> GENETIC  sug> HETEROGENEITY            
  ply> MEIOSIS INSURES THAT EVERY SINGLE GAMETE IS 
       A UNIQUE COCKTAIL of PARENTAL GENES 
  cont> see> MITOSIS