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heptaploid

heptaploid adjective: having seven complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

Adjective

heptaploid (not comparable)

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

Noun

heptaploid (plural heptaploids)

  1. Such a cell or organism.

Forms of heptaploid

pluralheptaploids

Origin of heptaploid

From hepta- + -ploid.

Questions about heptaploid

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

Words near heptaploid in the dictionary

  1. heptaphanes
  2. heptaphosphorus
  3. heptaphyllous
  4. heptaplatinum
  5. heptaplex
  6. heptaploid
  7. heptaploids
  8. heptaploidy
  9. heptapod
  10. heptapodal
  11. heptapodies

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