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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ploi·dy       [ploi-dee] Pronunciation Key
–noun Biology.
the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.

[Origin: 1935–40; see -ploid, -y3]
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ploi·dy       (ploi'dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A multiple of the basic number of chromosomes in a cell.


[From diploidy and haploidy.]

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ploidy ploi·dy (ploi'dē)
n.
A multiple of the basic number of chromosomes in a cell.

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