triploid

adj.
Having three times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus: triploid somatic cells.

n.
A triploid organism or cell.

triploidy trip'loi·dy n.

(trĭp'loid')
adj.

Having three times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus.

n.

A triploid organism or cell.

trip'loi·dy n.

Having triple the haploid number of chromosomes (3n).

• t. lower jaw deformity — defect of Atlantic salmon comprising a short, curved lower jaw with misaligned symphyses in the jaw. Cause uncertain, possibly genetic.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (genetics; of a cell or organism) having three complete sets of chromosomes

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