Haploid meaning
Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, as in a germ cell, such as an egg or sperm, or in a moss plant or a drone bee.
adjective
An organism having haploid cells.
noun
(biol.) Having the full number of chromosomes normally occurring in the mature germ cell, or half the number in the usual somatic cell.
adjective
A haploid cell or gamete.
noun
Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, as in a germ cell (such as an egg or sperm) or in the somatic cells of a drone bee.
adjective
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A haploid organism or cell.
noun
Having a single set of each chromosome in a cell or cell nucleus. In most animals, only the gametes (reproductive cells) are haploid.
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
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