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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The formation during fertilization of the diploid number of chromosomes by the fusion of the nuclei of two haploid gametes.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin diplōsis, from Greek, a doubling, from diploun, to double, from diploos, double; see diplo–.]
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