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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noun
A haploid cell or gamete.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Haploid

Noun

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

Haploid Sentence Examples

  • This process is used in the production of haploid gametes.

  • There seemd to be contamination of some of the plots in the doubled haploid trial, as they did not appear homogeneous.

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

  • It was not able to induce point and frameshift mutations in haploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.

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HHAHAP

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