Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nondisjunction

1 sense of nondisjunction

Sense 1
nondisjunction -- (meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells)
       => 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))