haplo-
/ˈhæplə-/
haplo- prefix: haploid: having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
Prefix
haplo-
- Haploid: having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
- haplodepletion
- haplodiploid
- Un-duplicating: where there was two identical copies, deleting the redundant copy. Analogy to haploid in genetics.
- haplography
- haplology
- Simple.
- haploceratid
- haplodont
- Single.
- haploscope
- haploid
- Haplic: soil that is typical of its kind.
- haploperox
- haploxeralf
Origin of haplo-
Combining form from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).
Words formed from haplo-
- haploabnormal
- haploallele
- haploblock
- haplodepletion
- haplodiploid
- haplodiplontic
- haplogenotype
- haploid
- haplolethal
- haplophasic
- haplophyte
- haploselfing
- haplosis
- haplotransplantation
- haplograph
- haplography
- haplology
- haplosegment
- haploceratid
- haplodont
- haplon
- haplostele
- haplometrosis
- haploscope
- haploandesitic
- haplocheirus
- haplochromine
- haplochromis
- haplocoelopsis
- haplogranitic
- haplophase
- haplotephritic
- haploperox
- haploxeralf
- haploxeroll
Questions about haplo-
- What does haplo- mean?
- Haplo- means haploid: having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
- What part of speech is haplo-?
- Haplo- is a prefix.
- How do you pronounce haplo-?
- Haplo- is pronounced /ˈhæplə-/.
Words near haplo- in the dictionary
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