monoploid

[mon-uh-ploid]Biology

adjective

having the basic or haploid number of chromosomes.

noun

a monoploid cell or organism.

Origin of monoploid

First recorded in 1925–30; mono- + -ploid

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British Dictionary definitions for monoploid

monoploid

adjective, noun

a less common word for haploid

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monoploid in Medicine

monoploid

[mŏn′ə-ploid′]

adj.

Having a single set of chromosomes; haploid.