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hypotetraploid

hypotetraploid adjective: having fewer than four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus.

Adjective

hypotetraploid (not comparable)

  1. having fewer than four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus
    • Furthermore, a hypotetraploid side-line contained duplicate copies of the stemline abnormalities, and small second sideline of two cells contained an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 2, as well as the stemline aberrations.2016 January 14, “L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Redirected Human T Cells Exhibit Specific and Efficient Antitumor Activity against Human Ovarian Cancer in Mice”, in...

Origin of hypotetraploid

From hypo- + tetraploid.

Questions about hypotetraploid

What does hypotetraploid mean?
Hypotetraploid means having fewer than four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus.
What part of speech is hypotetraploid?
Hypotetraploid is an adjective.

Words near hypotetraploid in the dictionary

  1. hypotenuse
  2. hypotenuses
  3. hypotestosteronaemia
  4. hypotestosteronemia
  5. hypotestosteronemic
  6. hypotetraploid
  7. hypotext
  8. hypotexts
  9. hypoth
  10. hypothalamectomies
  11. hypothalamectomy

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