DIPLOID

diploid

Noun

  1. A cell which is diploid.
  2. An organism with diploid cells.

Adjective

  1. Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.


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