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hypertriploid

hypertriploid adjective: having more than three sets of chromosomes.

Adjective

hypertriploid (not comparable)

  1. Having more than three sets of chromosomes
    • HT-29 cell is a colon adenocarcinoma tumor cell line with hypertriploid chromosome, abnormal mitochondria, and a p53 gene mutation [43 ], and therefore may present an abnormal picture of physiological cell death pathways.2016 January 26, “Mitochondrial Protein PGAM5 Regulates Mitophagic Protection against Cell Necroptosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hypertriploid

From hyper- + triploid.

Questions about hypertriploid

What does hypertriploid mean?
Hypertriploid means having more than three sets of chromosomes.
What part of speech is hypertriploid?
Hypertriploid is an adjective.

Words near hypertriploid in the dictionary

  1. hypertriglyceridemia
  2. hypertriglyceridemias
  3. hypertriglyceridemic
  4. hypertriiodothyroninemia
  5. hypertrimethylation
  6. hypertriploid
  7. hypertriton
  8. hypertritons
  9. hypertrophia
  10. hypertrophias
  11. hypertrophic

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