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Webster 1913 Edition
diploid
dip′loid
(dĭp′loid)
, Noun.
[Gr.
διπλόοσ
twofold + -oid
.] 1.
(Crystallog.)
A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.
Definition 2024
diploïd
diploïd
See also: diploid
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Adjective
diploïd (not comparable)
- diploid (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome)
Inflection
| Inflection of diploïd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | diploïd | |||
| inflected | diploïde | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | diploïd | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | diploïde | ||
| n. sing. | diploïd | |||
| plural | diploïde | |||
| definite | diploïde | |||
| partitive | diploïds | |||