haploid

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English

Etymology

haplo- + -oid

Adjective

haploid (not comparable)

1. (cytology) Of a cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, such as a gamete.

Translations

having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

Czech: haploidní (cs) Finnish: haploidi (fi) French: haploïde (fr) Icelandic: einlitna (is) Japanese: 半数体の (ja) (はんすうたいの, hansūtai no) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ха̏плоӣдан (sh) Roman: hȁploīdan (sh)

Spanish: haploide (es) Swedish: haploid (sv) Turkish: haploid (tr)

Derived terms

• haplodic
• haploidy

See also

• monoploid
• diploid
• polyploid
• tetraploid
• triploid

Noun

haploid (plural haploids)

1. A cell which is haploid; an organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

Translations

haploid cell

Finnish: haploidi (fi) Spanish: haploide (es) m.

Swedish: haploid (sv) c.