Haploid Definition

hăploid
adjective
Having the full number of chromosomes normally occurring in the mature germ cell, or half the number in the usual somatic cell.
Webster's New World

(cytology) Of a cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, such as a gamete.

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A haploid cell or gamete.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Haploid

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Singular:
haploid
Plural:
haploids

Origin of Haploid

  • From Greek haploos single sem-1 in Indo-European roots –oid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • haplo- +‎ -oid

    From Wiktionary

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