Usually means: Contains more chromosomes than normal.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word hyperploid:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperploid: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyperploid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hyperploid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hyperploid: Wiktionary
  5. hyperploid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. hyperploid: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. hyperploid: Dictionary.com
  8. Hyperploid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. hyperploid: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hyperploid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperploid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hyperploid: Medical dictionary

(Note: See hyperploidy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hyperploid)

adjective:  (genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number
adjective:  (medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number
noun:  A hyperploid organism.

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