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English
Etymology
Combining form from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
haplo-
- (genetics) Haploid: having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
- haplodepletion, haplodiploid, haplosis
- Un-duplicating: where there was two identical copies, deleting the redundant copy. Analogy to haploid in genetics.
- haplography is misspelling a word by omitting a repeated letter (e.g. mispell) is the omission of a repeated syllable, haplology; a haplosegment is a segment of a millipede body that has half as many legs as the diplosegment parts of the body.[1]
- Simple.
- haploceratid, haplodont, haplostele
- Single.
- haploscope, haploid, haplometrosis
- (soil science) Haplic: soil that is typical of its kind.
- haploperox, haploxeralf, haploxeroll
Derived terms
terms derived from haploid
terms derived from halving
terms derived from simple
terms derived from single
terms derived from haplic
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Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxap.lɔ/
- Rhymes: -aplɔ
- Syllabification: hap‧lo
Prefix
haplo-
- haplo-
- haplo- + faza → haplofaza
Derived terms
Category Polish terms prefixed with haplo- not found
Further reading
- haplo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN