haploid
single; simple.
Biology. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
Biology. an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.
Origin of haploid
1Words Nearby haploid
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How to use haploid in a sentence
Each of these divides again by mitosis (the chromosomes splitting lengthwise), the half or haploid number remaining.
Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary BlanchardThe next stage is their separation to the haploid daughter-nuclei, which have resulted from the reduction process.
Darwin and Modern Science | A.C. Seward and Othershaploid (n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in diakinesis, metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca | William E. DuellmanTechnically the tissue-cells are said to contain the diploid number of chromosomes, the gametes the reduced or haploid number.
Being Well-Born | Michael F. Guyer
British Dictionary definitions for haploid
/ (ˈhæplɔɪd) biology /
(esp of gametes) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
a haploid cell or organism
Origin of haploid
1- Compare diploid
Derived forms of haploid
- haploidy, noun
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Scientific definitions for haploid
[ hăp′loid′ ]
Having a single set of each chromosome in a cell or cell nucleus. In most animals, only the gametes (reproductive cells) are haploid. Compare aneuploid diploid. See Note at mitosis.
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