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triploidy
Variant of triploid
triploid
definition
trip·loid (trip′lo̵id′)
adjective
Biol. having three times the haploid number of chromosomes
noun
a triploid cell or organism
Related Forms:
- triploidy trip′·loi′dy (-lo̵i′dē) noun
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