-ploid


  1. a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: hexaploid.

Origin of -ploid

1
Extracted from haploid, diploid, etc.

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British Dictionary definitions for -ploid

-ploid

adj combining form, n combining form
  1. indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomes: diploid

Origin of -ploid

1
from Greek -pl (oos) -fold + -oid

Derived forms of -ploid

  • -ploidy, n combining form

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