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triploid

adjective

  1. having three times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus: triploid somatic cells
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noun

  1. an organism or cell having three complete sets of chromosomes
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English -ploid English triploid From tri- + -ploid.

  1. Having three sets of chromosomes.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English -ploid English triploid From tri- + -ploid.

  1. A triploid cell.
  2. A triploid organism.