hypoploid

hypoploid
hypoploidy, n.
/huy"peuh ployd'/, Biol.
adj.
1. having a chromosome number that is less than the diploid number.
n.
2. a hypoploid cell or organism.
[1925-30; HYPO- + -PLOID]

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