Words Like DIPLOID
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4 Alternative Words Similar to diploid
6 definitions of diploid
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In crystallography, a solid belonging to the isometric system, with 24 trapezoidal planes. It is the parallel-hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron. Also called dyakis-dodecahedron.
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Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
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A cell which is diploid.
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An organism with diploid cells.
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of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
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(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number