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hexadecaploid

hexadecaploid adjective: having sixteen complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

Adjective

hexadecaploid (not comparable)

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

Origin of hexadecaploid

From hexadeca- + -ploid.

Questions about hexadecaploid

What does hexadecaploid mean?
Hexadecaploid means having sixteen complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
What part of speech is hexadecaploid?
Hexadecaploid is an adjective.

Words near hexadecaploid in the dictionary

  1. hexadecanones
  2. hexadecanoyl
  3. hexadecaoxide
  4. hexadecapeptide
  5. hexadecapeptides
  6. hexadecaploid
  7. hexadecapolar
  8. hexadecapole
  9. hexadecapoles
  10. hexadecaroon
  11. hexadecaroons

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