Usually means: Two complete sets of chromosomes.
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  1. diploid: Merriam-Webster
  2. diploid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diploid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diploid: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. diploid: Wordnik
  7. diploid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. diploid: Wiktionary
  9. diploid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. diploid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. diploid: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. diploid: Dictionary.com
  13. Diploid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Diploid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. diploid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. diploid: Rhymezone
  17. Diploid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. diploid: FreeDictionary.org
  19. diploid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. diploid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. diploid: Encyclopedia

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  1. diploid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Diploid: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  7. diploid: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
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  9. diploid: Medical dictionary
  10. Diploid: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  9. diploid: Evolution Glossary
  10. diploid: Natural History Terms

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  1. diploid: 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.

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