Noun

• S: (n) meiosis, miosis, reduction division ((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))
• S: (n) light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis, myosis (reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) reflex [Related to: reflex] (without volition or conscious control) "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
• derivationally related form