Medical Dictionary

nonreduction

noun non·re·duc·tion \-ri-ˈdək-shən\

Medical Definition of NONREDUCTION

:  the failure of homologous chromosomes to break apart into separate sets in the reduction division of meiosis with the result that some gametes have the diploid number of chromosomes

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