| Pronunciation: | | 'diployd
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- [n] (genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
- [adj] (genetics; of a cell or organism) having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells"
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DIPLOID is a 7 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Antonyms: | | haploid, haploidic, monoploid, polyploid |
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| | See Also: | | being, organism |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dip"loid\, n. [Gr. ? twofold + -oid.] (Crystallog.)
A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces.
It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A full set of genetic material, consisting of paired chromsomes one chromosome from each parental set. Most animal cells except the gametes have a diploid set of chromosomes. The diploid human genome has 46 chromosomes. Compare haploid. |
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- A full set of genetic material consisting of paired chromosomes, one from each parental set. Most animal cells except the gametes have a diploid set of chromosomes. The diploid human genome has 46 chromosomes.
- a term that refers to the full complement of chromosomes (23 chromosomes). The diploid number in humans is forty-six.
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