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heterodiploid

heterodiploid adjective: having two different strands.

Adjective

heterodiploid (not comparable)

  1. Having two different strands

Noun

heterodiploid (plural heterodiploids)

  1. A cell or organism having such chromosomes

Antonyms of heterodiploid

Forms of heterodiploid

pluralheterodiploids

Origin of heterodiploid

From hetero- + diploid.

Questions about heterodiploid

What does heterodiploid mean?
Heterodiploid means having two different strands.
What part of speech is heterodiploid?
Heterodiploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heterodiploid in the dictionary

  1. heterodimerizing
  2. heterodimers
  3. heterodinuclear
  4. heterodinucleotide
  5. heterodinucleotides
  6. heterodiploid
  7. heterodiploids
  8. heterodirectional
  9. heterodisaccharide
  10. heterodisaccharides
  11. heterodisomic

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