About The Word Diploid
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Diploid
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What's The Definition Of Diploid?
[n] (genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
[adj] (genetics; of a cell or organism) having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells" Synonyms | Synonyms for Diploid: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diploid: Diploid In Webster's Dictionary \Dip"loid\, n. [Gr. ? twofold + -oid.] (Crystallog.)
A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces.
It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.
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