haploid

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Etymology

From haplo- +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

haploid (not comparable)

  2. (genetics, loosely) Having the number of chromosomes that a typical gamete has (in the given organism), namely, half the number that a typical somatic cell has (in the given organism).
    Hyponyms: monoploid (1 set), diploid (2 sets)
    Coordinate terms: euploid; aneuploid, nonaneuploid; (more than 2) polyploid (as follows), triploid (3), tetraploid (4), pentaploid (5), hexaploid (6), heptaploid (7)
    2. (genetics, strictly) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes (which is the number that a typical gamete has in many organisms although not all).
      Synonym: monoploid
      Hyponyms: gynohaploid, allohaploid, polyhaploid
      Coordinate terms: euploid; aneuploid, nonaneuploid; diploid (2); (more than 2) polyploid (as follows), triploid (3), tetraploid (4), pentaploid (5), hexaploid (6), heptaploid (7)
      Examples of haploid cells are prokaryotes and the gametes of eukaryotes.

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Noun

haploid (plural haploids)

  1. A cell which is haploid.
  2. An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French haploïde.

Adjective

haploid m or n (feminine singular haploidă, masculine plural haploizi, feminine and neuter plural haploide)

  1. (genetics) haploid

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite haploid haploidă haploizi haploide
definite haploidul haploida haploizii haploidele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite haploid haploide haploizi haploide
definite haploidului haploidei haploizilor haploidelor
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