aneuploid

American  

[an-yoo-ploid] / ˈæn yʊˌplɔɪd /

adjective

1. Genetics. (of an organism, cell, etc.) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the species' typical haploid number.

2. Genetics. (of a chromosome number) not being an exact multiple of the species' typical haploid number.

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noun

plural

aneuploids

1. Genetics. a cell, organism, or species whose number of chromosomes is not an exact multiple of the species' typical haploid number.

aneuploid British  

/ ˈænjʊˌplɔɪd /

adjective

1. (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete

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noun

1. a cell or individual of this type

aneuploid Scientific  

/ ăn′yə-ploid′ /

1. Having a chromosome number that is not a multiple of the haploid number for the species. Many types of tumor cells are aneuploid.

2. Compare diploid haploid

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Other Word Forms

• aneuploidic adjective
• aneuploidy noun

Example Sentences

The researchers reported that a median of 3.19% of the epithelial cells in these normal breast tissues were aneuploid and over 82.67% had expanded copy number changes commonly found in invasive breast cancers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Interestingly, a woman's age correlated significantly with the frequency of aneuploid cells and number of copy number changes, with older women accumulating more of these cellular changes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Early loss of aneuploid embryos can direct maternal resources to healthier single newborns rather than twins or multiples.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2022

Polyploid animals are sterile because meiosis cannot proceed normally and instead produces mostly aneuploid daughter cells that cannot yield viable zygotes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Lurking in the background is the fear that using aneuploid or mosaic embryos could produce children with serious medical issues.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2022