triploidy

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English

Etymology

From triploid +‎ -y.

Noun

triploidy (countable and uncountable, plural triploidies)

  1. (uncountable, genetics) The state of being triploid, having three sets of chromosomes.
  2. (countable, genetics) An instance of being triploid.

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