Ploidy

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A multiple of the basic number of chromosomes in a cell.
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  • n. The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
    • Word Usage
    "Note that the genetics of the trait mutation, ploidy, etc. is contained in the second term."
    Form
    mixoploidy    heteroploidy    interploidy    polyploidy    monoploidy    triploidy    tetraploidy    haploidy    aneuploidy    diploidy   
     
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