"polyploidy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/ [UK] Forms: polyploidies [plural]
Etymology: From polyploid + -y, after German Polyploidie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polyploid|y}} polyploid + -y, {{uder|en|de|Polyploidie}} German Polyploidie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polyploidy (countable and uncountable, plural polyploidies)
  1. (uncountable, genetics) The condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (state or condition of being a polyploid): polyploidia (Finnish), Polyploidie [feminine] (German), poliploidia (Hungarian), kromoszómaszerelvény-sokszorozódás (Hungarian), kromoszómaszám sokszorozódás (Hungarian), poliploidia [feminine] (Italian), poliploidie [feminine] (Romanian), poliploidía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-polyploidy-en-noun-LnSPA9dp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 47 53 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'state or condition of being a polyploid': 69 31
  2. (countable, genetics) An instance of being polyploid. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-polyploidy-en-noun-15iwCBBX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 47 53 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: endopolyploidy Related terms: ploidy

Inflected forms

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