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dodecaploid

dodecaploid adjective: having twelve complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

Adjective

dodecaploid (not comparable)

  1. Having twelve complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

Noun

dodecaploid (plural dodecaploids)

  1. A cell that has twelve complete sets of chromosomes.
  2. An organism whose cells have twelve complete sets of chromosomes.

Forms of dodecaploid

Adjective
alternative formduodecaploid
Noun
pluraldodecaploids

Origin of dodecaploid

From dodeca- + -ploid.

Words formed from dodecaploid

Questions about dodecaploid

What does dodecaploid mean?
Dodecaploid means having twelve complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
What part of speech is dodecaploid?
Dodecaploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dodecaploid in the dictionary

  1. dodecaphonist
  2. dodecaphonists
  3. dodecaphony
  4. dodecaplex
  5. dodecaplexes
  6. dodecaploid
  7. dodecaploidization
  8. dodecaploidizations
  9. dodecaploids
  10. dodecapolis
  11. dodecarch

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