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ploidy

UK/ˈplɔɪdi/

ploidy noun: the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.

Noun

ploidy (plural ploidies)

  1. The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.

ploidy meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

ploidy in Tamil

மடியமுடைமை

ploidy in Vietnamese

number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell
mức bội thể, bộ nhiễm sắc thể

Forms of ploidy

pluralploidies

Origin of ploidy

From the ending of words such as haploidy, polyploidy etc.

Words formed from ploidy

Questions about ploidy

What does ploidy mean?
Ploidy means the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
What is ploidy in Tamil?
Ploidy in Tamil is மடியமுடைமை. See Ploidy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ploidy?
Ploidy is a noun.
How do you pronounce ploidy?
Ploidy is pronounced /ˈplɔɪdi/ (UK).
What is the plural of ploidy?
The plural of ploidy is ploidies.

Words near ploidy in the dictionary

  1. ploidies
  2. ploidize
  3. ploidized
  4. ploidizes
  5. ploidizing
  6. ploidy
  7. ploidyless
  8. Ploiești
  9. ploink
  10. PLOKTA
  11. plombiferous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ploidy (page history and authors); ploidy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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