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diploid /dip·loid/ (dip´loid)

1. having two sets of chromosomes, as normally found in the somatic cells; in humans, the diploid number is 46.

2. an individual or cell having two full sets of homologous chromosomes.

dip·loid (d

loid

)

adj.

Having two sets of chromosomes or double the haploid number of chromosomes in the germ cell, with one member of each chromosome pair derived from the ovum and one from the spermatazoon. The diploid number, 46 in humans, is the normal chromosome complement of an organism's somatic cells.

A diploid organism or cell.

diploid (2n)

[dip′loid]

Etymology: Gk, diploos + eidos, form

having two complete sets of homologous chromosomes, such as are normally found in somatic cells and primordial germ cells before maturation. In humans the normal diploid number is 46. Also called diploidic. Compare haploid, tetraploid, triploid.

diploid [dip´loid]

1. having a pair of each chromosome characteristic of a species (2n or, in man, 46).

2. a diploid individual or cell.

diploid

1. having a pair of each chromosome characteristic of a species, i.e. genomes in which chromosomes occur in pairs.

2. a diploid individual or cell.

human diploid cell vaccine

see human diploid cell vaccine.

diploid karyotype

a karyotype consisting of chromosomes in pairs.

diploid

adjective Referring to diploidy, see there noun Having 2 haploid sets of chromosomes, one from an egg, one from sperm

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