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triploid

[ trip-loid ]

adjective

  1. having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.

noun

  1. a triploid cell or organism.

triploid

/ ˈtrɪplɔɪd /

adjective

  1. having or relating to three times the haploid number of chromosomes

    a triploid organism

noun

  1. a triploid organism

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  • triploi·dy noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of triploid1

First recorded in 1910–15; tri- + -ploid

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Word History and Origins

Origin of triploid1

C19: from Greek tripl ( oos ) triple + ( hapl ) oid

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