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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • prefix Double.
  • prefix Having double the basic number of chromosomes; diploid.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Greek, from diploos, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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