diploid

From diplo- +‎ -oid. By surface analysis, di- +‎ -ploid.

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

diploid (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
   • 2015 July 4, Heinz-Ulrich Reyer, Christian Arioli-Jakob, Martina Arioli, “Post-zygotic selection against parental genotypes during larval development maintains all-hybrid populations of the frog Pelophylax esculentus”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     It has been shown, however, that triploid forms producing diploid gametes in one sex and haploid ones in the other sex can act as a stepping stone towards tetraploidization (triploid bridge; [ 93 – 95 ]).

2. (genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
3. (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

• haploid
• polyploid
• tetraploid
• triploid

diploid (plural diploids)

1. A diploid cell.
2. A diploid organism.
   • 1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure:

     The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .

From diplo- +‎ -id. Coined in the second half of the 19th century by botanist Eduard Strasburger.

• IPA^(key): [diploˈiːt]
• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧id

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diploid (strong nominative masculine singular diploider, not comparable)

1. (genetics) diploid

   Eine diploide Zelle ― a diploid cell

• Ploidiegrad

• haploid, polyploid
• triploid, tetraploid
• pentaploid, hexaploid

• Diploidie

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Borrowed from French diploïde.

diploid m or n (feminine singular diploidă, masculine plural diploizi, feminine and neuter plural diploide)

1. (genetics) diploid