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dip⋅loid

  [dip-loid]
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–adjective
1. double; twofold.
2. Biology. having two similar complements of chromosomes.
–noun
3. Biology. an organism or cell having double the basic haploid number of chromosomes.
4. Crystallography. a solid belonging to the isometric system and having 24 trapezoidal planes.
Origin:
1905–10; dipl(o)- + -oid

Related forms:
dip⋅loi⋅dic, adjective
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dip·loid   (dĭp'loid')   
adj.  

  1. Double or twofold.

  2. Genetics Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled: diploid somatic cells.

n.   Genetics
An organism or cell having diploid cells.

[Greek diplous, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + -oid.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1dip·loid
Pronunciation: 'dip-"loid
Function: adjective
: having the basic chromosome number doubled —dip·loi·dy /-"loid-E/ noun plural -dies

Main Entry: 2diploid
Function: noun
: a single cell, individual, or generation characterized by the diploid chromosome number
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diploid dip·loid (dĭp'loid')
adj.
Having two sets of chromosomes or double the haploid number of chromosomes in the germ cell, with one member of each chromosome pair derived from the ovum and one from the spermatazoon. The diploid number, 46 in humans, is the normal chromosome complement of an organism's somatic cells. n.
A diploid organism or cell.

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diploid   (dĭp'loid')  Pronunciation Key 
Having paired sets of chromosomes in a cell or cell nucleus. In diploid organisms that reproduce sexually, one set of chromosomes is inherited from each parent. The somatic cells of most animals are diploid. Compare haploid. See Note at mitosis.
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