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hyperdiploid

hyperdiploid adjective: having more than the usual diploid number of chromosomes; hyperploid with respect to a diploid species genome.

Adjective

hyperdiploid (not comparable)

  1. Having more than the usual diploid number of chromosomes; hyperploid with respect to a diploid species genome.

Origin of hyperdiploid

From hyper- + diploid.

Words formed from hyperdiploid

Questions about hyperdiploid

What does hyperdiploid mean?
Hyperdiploid means having more than the usual diploid number of chromosomes; hyperploid with respect to a diploid species genome.
What part of speech is hyperdiploid?
Hyperdiploid is an adjective.

Words near hyperdiploid in the dictionary

  1. hyperdiffusions
  2. hyperdiffusive
  3. hyperdilation
  4. hyperdimensional
  5. hyperdimensionality
  6. hyperdiploid
  7. hyperdiploidies
  8. hyperdiploidy
  9. hyperdipsia
  10. hyperdirect
  11. hyperdisciplined

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