"diploid" meaning in English

See diploid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Rhymes: -ɔɪd Etymology: From diplo- + -oid. By surface analysis, di- + -ploid. Etymology templates: {{af|en|diplo-|-oid}} diplo- + -oid, {{surf|en|di-|-ploid}} By surface analysis, di- + -ploid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} diploid (not comparable)
  1. (genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome): diploide (Catalan), 二倍體 /二倍体 (èrbèitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), diploidní (Czech), diploïd (Dutch), diploïde [feminine, masculine] (French), diploid (German), diploid (Hungarian), tvílitna (Icelandic), diploida (Ido), diploide [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 二倍体の (nibaitai no) (alt: にばいたいの) (Japanese), dîploîd (Northern Kurdish), xaneya dîploîdî (Northern Kurdish), diploidalny (Polish), diploide (Portuguese), diploid (Romanian), дипло́идный (diplóidnyj) (Russian), ди̏плоӣдан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dȉploīdan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), diploide (Spanish), diploid (Swedish), duhambilmanahin (Tagalog), diploit (Turkish)
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  2. (genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-diploid-en-adj-xNsP3Wav Categories (other): English terms prefixed with di-, English terms prefixed with diplo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 35 28 22 6 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with diplo-: 35 28 22 6 9 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Crystallography
    Sense id: en-diploid-en-adj-7mN1YxZt Categories (other): English terms prefixed with di-, English terms prefixed with diplo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 35 28 22 6 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with diplo-: 35 28 22 6 9 Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: haploid, polyploid, tetraploid, triploid

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diploid.wav Forms: diploids [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪd Etymology: From diplo- + -oid. By surface analysis, di- + -ploid. Etymology templates: {{af|en|diplo-|-oid}} diplo- + -oid, {{surf|en|di-|-ploid}} By surface analysis, di- + -ploid Head templates: {{en-noun}} diploid (plural diploids)
  1. A diploid cell. Translations (diploid cell): diploid [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-diploid-en-noun-3s0k2GnS Disambiguation of 'diploid cell': 100 0
  2. A diploid organism.
    Sense id: en-diploid-en-noun-HhiY335Z

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