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multiploid

multiploid adjective: having multiple copies of each chromosome; polyploid.

Adjective

multiploid (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple copies of each chromosome; polyploid.

Noun

multiploid (plural multiploids)

  1. A cell or organism having multiple copies of each chromosome.

Forms of multiploid

pluralmultiploids

Origin of multiploid

From multi- + -ploid.

Words formed from multiploid

Questions about multiploid

What does multiploid mean?
Multiploid means having multiple copies of each chromosome; polyploid.
What part of speech is multiploid?
Multiploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multiploid in the dictionary

  1. multiplieth
  2. multiplism
  3. multiplist
  4. multiplistic
  5. multiplists
  6. multiploid
  7. multiploidization
  8. multiploids
  9. multiploidy
  10. multiplot
  11. multiplug

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