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diploidy

English

Etymology

diploid +? -y

Noun

diploidy (countable and uncountable, plural diploidies)

  1. (genetics) The state of being diploid.

Translations

diploidy From the web:

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diploid

English

Etymology

diplo- +? -oid

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??d

Adjective

diploid (not comparable)

  1. (cytology) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
  2. (cytology) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
  3. (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

Derived terms

  • diploidy

Translations

See also

  • haploid
  • polyploid
  • tetraploid
  • triploid

Noun

diploid (plural diploids)

  1. A cell which is diploid.
  2. An organism with diploid cells.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diplo?i?t]
  • Hyphenation: di?plo?id

Adjective

diploid (not comparable)

  1. diploid

Declension

Further reading

  • “diploid” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French diploïde

Adjective

diploid m or n (feminine singular diploid?, masculine plural diploizi, feminine and neuter plural diploide)

  1. diploid

Declension

diploid From the web:

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  • what is meant by haploid and diploid
  • what diploid zygote
  • what diploid chromosome
  • what diploid nucleus
  • what diploid 2n
  • what diploid number is
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