ploidy
English
Etymology
From the ending of words such as haploidy, polyploidy etc.
Pronunciation
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Noun
ploidy (plural ploidies)
- (genetics) The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
Translations
number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell