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a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: hexaploid.

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Origin of -ploid

Extracted from haploid, diploid, etc.

Words nearby -ploid

Płock, plod, plodder, plodge, Ploeşti, -ploid, ploidy, plomb, plombage, Plomer, plonk
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British Dictionary definitions for -ploid

-ploid

adj combining form, n combining form

indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomesdiploid

Derived forms of -ploid

-ploidy, n combining form

Word Origin for -ploid

from Greek -pl (oos) -fold + -oid
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Medical definitions for -ploid

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Having or being a number of chromosomes that has a specified relationship to, or is a multiple of, the basic number of chromosomes of a group:heteroploid.
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