Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Nearby Words

ploid

 - 2 dictionary results

-ploid

a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: hexaploid.

Origin:
extracted from haploid, diploid, etc.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To ploid
Medical Dictionary

-ploid suff.
Having or being a number of chromosomes that has a specified relationship to, or is a multiple of, the basic number of chromosomes of a group: heteroploid.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see ploid on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: