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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a chromosome number lower by only a few chromosomes than the normal diploid number.
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- adjective genetics Having a number of
chromosomes that is less than an exact multiple of thehaploid number
Etymologies
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From hypo- + -ploid
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