Usually means: Having more than two chromosomes.
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  1. polysomic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. polysomic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. polysomic: Wiktionary
  4. polysomic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. polysomic: Dictionary.com
  6. Polysomic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. polysomic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysomic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. polysomic: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (polysomic)

adjective:  Having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement
adjective:  In auto-polyploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homeologous chromosomes, rather than strictly homologous pairs.
noun:  such an organism or chromosome

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