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dihaploid

dihaploid adjective: having two identical copies of each chromosome as a result of chromosome doubling.

Adjective

dihaploid (not comparable)

  1. Having two identical copies of each chromosome as a result of chromosome doubling

Noun

dihaploid (plural dihaploids)

  1. A dihaploid organism.

Forms of dihaploid

pluraldihaploids

Origin of dihaploid

From di- + haploid.

Questions about dihaploid

What does dihaploid mean?
Dihaploid means having two identical copies of each chromosome as a result of chromosome doubling.
What part of speech is dihaploid?
Dihaploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dihaploid in the dictionary

  1. dihaloketones
  2. dihalomethane
  3. dihalomethanes
  4. dihalomethyl
  5. dihalomethyls
  6. dihaploid
  7. dihaploids
  8. dihaplotype
  9. dihaplotypes
  10. dihectagon
  11. dihectagons

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