ANEUPLOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aneuploid mean? 

• ANEUPLOID (adjective)
  The adjective ANEUPLOID has 1 sense:

1. having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number

  Familiarity information: ANEUPLOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANEUPLOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

aneuploidy (an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete))

 Context examples 

FJ5002 inhibits telomerase by interfering with holoenzyme assembly and telomere interaction, thus leading to replication-dependent shortening of telomeres with a concurrent increase in aneuploid metaphases and apoptotic cells.

(FJ5002, NCI Thesaurus)