diploid

See also: diploïd

English

Etymology

diplo- +‎ -oid

Adjective

diploid (not comparable)

(cytology) 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.
(cytology) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
(crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

Derived terms

diploidy

Translations

of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome

Catalan: diploide
Chinese:
Mandarin: 二倍體 (zh), 二倍体 (zh) (èrbèitǐ)
Czech: diploidní
Dutch: diploïd (nl)
French: diploïde (fr) m, f
German: diploid (de)
Hungarian: diploid
Icelandic: tvílitna
Ido: diploida (io)
Italian: diploide (it) m, f

Japanese: 二倍体の (にばいたいの, nibaitai no)
Portuguese: diploide
Russian: дипло́идный (ru) (diplóidnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ди̏плоӣдан

Roman: dȉploīdan (sh)
Spanish: diploide (es)
Swedish: diploid (sv)
Tagalog: duhambilmanahin
Turkish: diploit (tr)

See also

Noun

diploid (plural diploids)

A cell which is diploid.
An organism with diploid cells.

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