DEFINITIONS

ploidy

[ ploi-dee ]
/ ˈplɔɪ di /

noun Biology.

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

Words nearby ploidy

ploce, plod, plodder, plodge, ploeşti, ploidy, plomb, plombage, plomer, plonk, plonker

Origin of ploidy

First recorded in 1935–40; see origin at -ploid, -y3
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Medicine definitions for ploidy

ploidy
[ ploi′dē ]

n.

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