ploidy

[ploi-dee]

noun Biology.

the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.

Origin of ploidy

First recorded in 1935–40; see origin at -ploid, -y³

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ploidy in Medicine

ploidy

[ploi′dē]

n.

A multiple of the basic number of chromosomes in a cell.

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