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-ploid

-ploid suffix: indicating the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.

Suffix

-ploid

  1. Indicating the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.

Origin of -ploid

Back-formation from haploid and diploid. Equivalent to Ancient Greek -πλ(όος) (-pl(óos), “-fold”) + -oid.

Words formed from -ploid

Questions about -ploid

What does -ploid mean?
-ploid means indicating the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
What part of speech is -ploid?
-ploid is a suffix.

Words near -ploid in the dictionary

  1. -ple
  2. -plegia
  3. -plegic
  4. -plex
  5. -plinerved
  6. -ploid
  7. -ploidy
  8. -plon
  9. -pnea
  10. -pnoea
  11. -pocalypse

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