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Definition of "diploid" [dip•loid]
- Double or twofold. (adjective)
- Genetics Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled: diploid somatic cells. (adjective)
- Genetics An organism or cell having diploid cells. (noun)
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Use "diploid" in a sentence
- "The term diploid describes a state in which a cell has two sets of homologous chromosomes, or two chromosomes that are the same."
- "Crucially, the finished sequence must cover at least 98 percent of all twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that is, the diploid genome at a stringent accuracy of 99.999 percent or just 1 error per 100,000 bases."
- "PE-2 yeast are what is known as diploid, having two copies each of 16 different chromosomes."