triploidy

Variant of triploid

triploid definition

trip·loid (trip′lo̵id′)

adjective

Biol. having three times the haploid number of chromosomes

Etymology: < L triplus, triple + -oid

noun

a triploid cell or organism

Related Forms:

  • triploidy trip′·loi′dy (-lo̵i′dē) noun

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