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euploid

Syllabification: (eu·ploid)
Pronunciation: /ˈyo͞oploid/
Definition of euploid

adjective

Biology
  • (of a nucleus, cell, or organism) having an exact multiple of the haploid number of chromosomes.

Origin:

from eu- + -ploid

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