Diploid Definition

dĭploid
diploids
adjective
Twofold or double.
Webster's New World
Having twice the number of chromosomes normally occurring in a mature germ cell: most somatic cells are diploid.
Webster's New World

(cytology) 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.

Wiktionary
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noun
diploids
A diploid cell.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Diploid

Noun

Singular:
diploid
Plural:
diploids

Origin of Diploid

  • Greek diploos double dwo- in Indo-European roots –oid

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

Diploid Sentence Examples

  • Although inactivated-rabies vaccines from diploid cell cultures are safe and effective, they are expensive.

  • Human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV)-A rabies vaccine in which the virus is grown in cultures of human cells, concentrated, and inactivated for IM or ID injection.

  • A diploid cell may also undergo meiosis to produce haploid cells, usually four.

  • In the formation of the female gamete in plants, how do the polar bodies end up being diploid?

  • Viral induced gene silencing has been demonstrated for the characterization of gene function in diploid and tetraploid potato.

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