"ploidy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈplɔɪdi/ [UK] Forms: ploidies [plural]
Etymology: From the ending of words such as haploidy, polyploidy etc. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ploidy (plural ploidies)
  1. (genetics) The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell. Wikipedia link: ploidy Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell): ploïdie [feminine] (French), Ploidiegrad [masculine] (German), ploidia (Hungarian), 倍数性 (Japanese), mức bội thể (Vietnamese), bộ nhiễm sắc thể (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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