hyperploidy
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hyperploidy
[hi´per-ploi″de]the state of having more than the typical number of chromosomes in unbalanced sets, as in down syndrome.
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hyperploidy
(hī'pĕr-ploy-dē),Presence of extra chromosomes in incomplete sets.
[hyper- + ploidy]
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