Definition of Diplaid
Dip"loid (?), n. [Gr. &?; twofold +
-oid.] (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twenty-
four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the
hexoctahedron.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (cytology) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair is derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
- A cell which is diploid; an organism with diploid cells.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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