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ploidize

ploidize verb: to multiply the numbers of chromosomes in a cell.

Verb

ploidize (third-person singular simple present ploidizes, present participle ploidizing, simple past and past participle ploidized)

  1. To multiply the numbers of chromosomes in a cell

Forms of ploidize

third-person singular presentploidizes
present participleploidizing
past participleploidized
pastploidized

Origin of ploidize

From -ploid + -ize.

Questions about ploidize

What does ploidize mean?
Ploidize means to multiply the numbers of chromosomes in a cell.
What part of speech is ploidize?
Ploidize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ploidize?
The past tense of ploidize is ploidized.

Words near ploidize in the dictionary

  1. plogging
  2. Plohetski
  3. Plohetskis
  4. ploidal
  5. ploidies
  6. ploidize
  7. ploidized
  8. ploidizes
  9. ploidizing
  10. ploidy
  11. ploidyless

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