different between haloid vs haploid

English

Etymology

halo- +? -oid

Adjective

haloid (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.

Noun

haloid (plural haloids)

1. (chemistry) Any haloid substance.

Anagrams

• Hoidal, dihalo

Romanian

Etymology

From French haloïde

Adjective

haloid m or n (feminine singular haloid?, masculine plural haloizi, feminine and neuter plural haloide)

1. haloid

Declension

English

Etymology

haplo- +? -oid

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??d

Adjective

haploid (not comparable)

1. (cytology, of a cell) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Derived terms

• allohaploid
• gynohaploid
• haplodic
• haploidy
• polyhaploid

Translations

See also

• monoploid
• diploid
• polyploid
• tetraploid
• triploid

Noun

haploid (plural haploids)

1. A cell which is haploid.
2. An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

Translations

Anagrams

• alphoid

Romanian

Etymology

From French haploïde.

Adjective

haploid m or n (feminine singular haploid?, masculine plural haploizi, feminine and neuter plural haploide)

1. haploid

Declension