triploid

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English

Etymology

tri- +‎ -ploid

Adjective

triploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Having three sets of chromosomes.

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Noun

triploid (plural triploids)

  1. A triploid cell.
  2. A triploid organism.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French triploid.

Adjective

triploid m or n (feminine singular triploidă, masculine plural triploizi, feminine and neuter plural triploide)

  1. (genetics) triploid

Declension