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haploid

 
Dictionary: hap·loid   (hăp'loid') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell or half as many as a somatic cell.
  2. Having a single set of chromosomes.
n.
An organism having haploid cells.

[From Greek haplous, single + -OID.]


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(hăp'loid')
adj.

Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell, or half the diploid number of a somatic cell. The haploid number (23 in humans) is the normal chromosome complement of germ cells.

n.

A haploid organism or cell.

hap'loi'dy (-loi') n.

Having half the number of chromosomes characteristically found in the somatic (diploid) cells of an organism; typical of the gametes of a species whose union restores the diploid number.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes


The adjective haploid has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (genetics; of a cell or organism) having a single set of chromosomes
  Synonyms: haploidic, monoploid
  Antonyms: diploid (meaning #1), polyploid (meaning #1)


 
 

 

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