tetraploid

English

Etymology

tetra- +‎ -ploid

Adjective

tetraploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus

Noun

tetraploid (plural tetraploids)

  1. a tetraploid cell
  2. a tetraploid organism

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