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hyperhaploid

hyperhaploid adjective: having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.

Adjective

hyperhaploid (comparative more hyperhaploid, superlative most hyperhaploid)

  1. Having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
    • We present three cases of PCM with hyperhaploid karyotypes from our laboratory, and review three cases reported in the literature. […] The consistent pattern of cytogenetic abnormalities present in these cases suggests that hyperhaploidy may be a distinct cytogenetic entity in PCM.2012, Hoctor VT, Campbell LJ, “Hyperhaploid plasma cell myeloma”, in Cancer Genetics, volume 205, numbers 7-8, →DOI, →PMID, pages 414–418

Noun

hyperhaploid (plural hyperhaploids)

  1. A hyperhaploid organism.
    • The hypohaploids may be explained in part by artifacts; however, this explanation can hardly apply to the hyperhaploids. For hyperhaploids the relative frequencies of involvement of single autosomes did not deviate significantly from expectations, assuming the same probability of nondisjunction for...2010, Michael R. Speicher, “The human genome: chromosomes”, in Michael R. Speicher, Stylianos E. Antonarakis, Arno G. Matulsky, editors, Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches...

Forms of hyperhaploid

Adjective
comparativemore hyperhaploid
superlativemost hyperhaploid
Noun
pluralhyperhaploids

Origin of hyperhaploid

From hyper- + haploid.

Questions about hyperhaploid

What does hyperhaploid mean?
Hyperhaploid means having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
What part of speech is hyperhaploid?
Hyperhaploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hyperhaploid in the dictionary

  1. hyperhaline
  2. hyperhalophile
  3. hyperhalophiles
  4. hyperhalophilic
  5. hyperhamiltonian
  6. hyperhaploid
  7. hyperhaploidies
  8. hyperhaploids
  9. hyperhaploidy
  10. hyperheavy
  11. hyperhedonia

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