Usually means: Number of sets of chromosomes.
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  2. ploidy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ploidy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. ploidy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. -ploidy: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. ploidy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ploidy)

▸ noun:  (genetics) The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.

Similar:
diploidy, polyploidy, monoploidy, chromosome number, euploidy, symploidy, diplont, dysploidy, haploidy, autoploid, more...

Opposite:
haploid, monoploid

Adjectives:
nuclear, higher, different, deoxyribonucleic, normal, abnormal, same, lower, cell, mean, cellular

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Similar:
diploidy, polyploidy, monoploidy, chromosome number, euploidy, symploidy, diplont, dysploidy, haploidy, autoploid, more...

Opposite:
haploid, monoploid

Adjectives:
nuclear, higher, different, deoxyribonucleic, normal, abnormal, same, lower, cell, mean, cellular



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