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diploidy

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dip·loi·dy (dploid)
n.
The state or condition of being diploid.
diploidy
[dip′loidē]
the state or condition of having two complete sets of homologous chromosomes.
diploidy [dip´loi-de]
the state of being diploid.
diploidy
the state of being diploid.
diploidy
A DNA complement double the haploid number, n–ie, 2n. See Haploid. Cf Aneuploidy.
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