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TRIPLOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triploid mean?
• TRIPLOID (adjective)
The adjective TRIPLOID has 1 sense:
1. of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes
Familiarity information: TRIPLOID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes
Context example:
human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted
Similar:
polyploid (of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Context examples
Partial moles generally have a triploid karyotype.
(Partial Hydatidiform Mole, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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