diploidy

English

Etymology

From diploid +‎ -y.

Noun

diploidy (countable and uncountable, plural diploidies)

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

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