het·er·o·ploid (h t  r--ploid )adj. Having a chromosome number that is not a whole-number multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species. het er·o·ploid n. |
heteroploid
[het′ərəploid′]
Etymology: Gk, heteros + ploos, times, eidos, form
1 n, an individual, organism, strain, or cell that has a variation in the number of chromosomes characteristic of somatic cells of the species. The change may involve entire sets of chromosomes or single chromosomes.
heteroploid
1. characterized by heteroploidy.
2. an individual or cell with an abnormal number of chromosomes.
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