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-ploid
- a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element:
hexaploid.
-ploid
combining form
- indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomes
diploid
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Derived Forms
- -ploidy, combining_form:in_noun:countable
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -ploid1
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Example Sentences
Unemployed, un-em-ploid′, adj. out of work: not put to use or profit.
The curse of the vegetable worms has been reduced to a minimum on this world of Ploid.
There is triple the variety of nuts on Ploid, and they are used for food more generally than in our world.
It need not be said that I was intensely interested in the study of this phenomenal world which I will call Ploid.
No grade-crossings and no flying dust are known in this Tube Line which has brought the ends of Ploid together.
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Words That Use -ploid
What does -ploid mean?
The combining form –ploid is used like a suffix meaning “having chromosome sets.” It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology.
The form –ploid is extracted from the endings of words such as haploid, which means “pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.” The word haploid itself comes from the combination of two forms: hapl–, meaning “single”, and –oid, meaning “resembling” or “like.”
Examples of -ploid
A scientific term that uses the form –ploid is polyploid, “having a chromosome number that is more than double the basic or haploid number.”
The poly– part of the word may look familiar; it means “many,” from Greek polýs. The –ploid part of the word means “having chromosome sets.” Polyploid literally translates to “having many chromosome sets.”
What are some words that use the combining form –ploid?
What are some other forms that –ploid may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The combining form penta– means “five.” With this in mind, what does pentaploid mean?
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