HAPLOID


Meaning of HAPLOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈha-ˌplȯid ]

adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek haploeidēs single, from haploos

Date: 1908

: having the gametic number of chromosomes typically including one of each pair of homologous chromosomes — compare diploid

• haploid noun

• hap·loi·dy -ˌplȯi-dē noun

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