haploid

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Etymology[edit]

haplo- +‎ -oid

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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪd

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haploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
    Examples of haploid cells are prokaryotes and the gametes of eukaryotes.

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Noun[edit]

haploid (plural haploids)

  1. A cell which is haploid.
  2. An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French haploïde.

Adjective[edit]

haploid m or n (feminine singular haploidă, masculine plural haploizi, feminine and neuter plural haploide)

  1. (genetics) haploid

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