Usually means: Cells containing two sets chromosomes.
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  1. diploids: Merriam-Webster
  2. diploids: Collins English Dictionary
  3. diploids: Wordnik
  4. diploids: Wiktionary
  5. diploids: Dictionary.com
  6. Diploids: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. diploids: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. diploids: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. diploids: Medical dictionary

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  1. diploids: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (diploid)

adjective:  (genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
adjective:  (genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
adjective:  (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.
noun:  A diploid cell.
noun:  A diploid organism.
▸ Also see diploid


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