polyploid

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[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

polyploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) having more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell

[edit] Noun

polyploid (plural polyploids)

  1. (biology) a cell or organism that has more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes

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