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haploidisation

haploidisation noun: the process of halving the chromosomal content of a cell, creating a haploid cell.

Noun

haploidisation (usually uncountable, plural haploidisations)

  1. (usually) The process of halving the chromosomal content of a cell, creating a haploid cell.
    • Within the normal reproductive cycle, haploidisation is one of the major functional consequences of meiosis.

Forms of haploidisation

pluralhaploidisations
alternative formhaploidization

Origin of haploidisation

From haploid + -isation.

Questions about haploidisation

What does haploidisation mean?
Haploidisation means the process of halving the chromosomal content of a cell, creating a haploid cell.
What part of speech is haploidisation?
Haploidisation is a noun.
What is the plural of haploidisation?
The plural of haploidisation is haploidisations.

Words near haploidisation in the dictionary

  1. haploidies
  2. haploidified
  3. haploidifies
  4. haploidify
  5. haploidifying
  6. haploidisation
  7. haploidisations
  8. haploidise
  9. haploidization
  10. haploidizations
  11. haploidize

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