-ploid

-ploid
a combining form meaning "having chromosome sets" of the kind or number specified by the initial element: hexaploid.
[extracted from HAPLOID, DIPLOID, etc.]

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  • -ploid — a word element used in cytology and genetics referring to the number of chromosomes as diploid. {Greek ploos (equivalent to English suffix fold) + (o)id} …  

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  • hy|per|ploid — «HY puhr ployd», adjective, noun. Biology. –adj. having or denoting a chromosome number greater than, but not a multiple of, the diploid number for the species. –n. a hyperploid number of chromosomes. ╂[< hyper + (di)ploid] …   Useful english dictionary

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