English Explanatory Dictionary

triploid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having three sets of chromosomes.
noun
  1. A triploid cell.
  2. A triploid organism.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

triploid triploids

Etymology

From tri- + -ploid.

Related words

haploid diploid polyploid

Derived words

allotriploid amphitriploid autotriploid hypertriploid hypotriploid paratriploid triploidisation triploidization triploidize triploidy
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