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tetraploidy

tetraploidy noun: the state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes.

Noun

tetraploidy (countable and uncountable, plural tetraploidies)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes.
  2. (countable) An instance of being tetraploid.

Forms of tetraploidy

pluraltetraploidies

Origin of tetraploidy

From tetraploid + -y.

Words formed from tetraploidy

Questions about tetraploidy

What does tetraploidy mean?
Tetraploidy means the state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes.
What part of speech is tetraploidy?
Tetraploidy is a noun.
What is the plural of tetraploidy?
The plural of tetraploidy is tetraploidies.

Words near tetraploidy in the dictionary

  1. tetraploidizations
  2. tetraploidize
  3. tetraploidized
  4. tetraploidizing
  5. tetraploids
  6. tetraploidy
  7. tetrapod
  8. tetrapodal
  9. tetrapodean
  10. tetrapodic
  11. tetrapodies

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