diploid

[ dip-loid ]

/ ˈdɪp lɔɪd /

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adjective

double; twofold.

Biology. having two similar complements of chromosomes.

noun

Biology. an organism or cell having double the basic haploid number of chromosomes.

Crystallography. a solid belonging to the isometric system and having 24 trapezoidal planes.

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Origin of diploid

First recorded in 1905–10; dipl(o)- + -oid

OTHER WORDS FROM diploid

dip·loi·dic, adjective

Words nearby diploid

diplocoria, diplodocus, diploë, diplogenesis, diploic vein, diploid, diploidy, diploma, diplomacy, diploma mill, diplomat

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How to use diploid in a sentence

As you may recall, nearly all animals are diploid, meaning they carry two copies of their genome.
Why Do We Have to Die? - Issue 104: Harmony|Aaron Hirsh|August 4, 2021|Nautilus
Many major crops such as corn already use hybrid diploid breeding, and we know a lot about the “parent” crops involved in any given cross.
Potato innovation has stagnated for decades. Sexual reproduction might get it unstuck.|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
There are several kinds of naturally occurring diploid potatoes.
Potato innovation has stagnated for decades. Sexual reproduction might get it unstuck.|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
In animals, as in plants, the diploid generation attained the higher development and gradually assumed the dominant position.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others

The uninitiated sees in the more highly organised plants only a succession of diploid generations.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
Similarly all the higher animals appear to us as independent organisms with diploid nuclei only.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
They appear with this arrangement in all subsequent nuclear divisions in the diploid generation.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
Diploid (2n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in late prophase and metaphase of mitosis.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca|William E. Duellman

British Dictionary definitions for diploid

diploid

/ (ˈdɪplɔɪd) /

adjective

biology (of cells or organisms) having pairs of homologous chromosomes so that twice the haploid number is present

double or twofold

noun

biology a diploid cell or organism

Derived forms of diploid

diploidic, adjectivediploidy, noun

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Medical definitions for diploid

diploid

[ 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.

A diploid organism or cell.

Scientific definitions for diploid

diploid

[ dĭp′loid′ ]

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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