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diploid

  (dĭp'loid') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Double or twofold.
  2. Genetics. Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled: diploid somatic cells.
n. Genetics.

An organism or cell having diploid cells.

[Greek diplous, double + –OID.]


 
 

1. having a pair of each chromosome characteristic of a species, i.e. genomes in which chromosomes occur in pairs.
2. a diploid individual or cell.

  • human d. cell vaccine — see human diploid cell vaccine.
  • d. karyotype — a karyotype consisting of chromosomes in pairs.
 
 

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