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diploid
 
SYLLABICATION:dip·loid
PRONUNCIATION:  dploid
ADJECTIVE:1. Double or twofold. 2. Genetics Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled: diploid somatic cells.
NOUN: Genetics An organism or cell having diploid cells.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek diplous, double; see dwo- in Appendix I + –oid.
 
 
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