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haploidization

haploidization is the alternative form of haploidisation.

Meaning of haploidisation

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 haploidization

pluralhaploidizations

Origin of haploidization

From haploid + -ization.

Questions about haploidization

What is haploidization the alternative form of?
Haploidization is the alternative form of haploidisation.

Words near haploidization in the dictionary

  1. haploidify
  2. haploidifying
  3. haploidisation
  4. haploidisations
  5. haploidise
  6. haploidization
  7. haploidizations
  8. haploidize
  9. haploidized
  10. haploidizes
  11. haploids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haploidization (page history and authors); haploidisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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