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Definition of haploid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

haploid

adjective

/ˈhæplɔɪd/

/ˈhæplɔɪd/

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(of a cell) containing the set of chromosomes from one parent only compare diploid
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek haploos ‘single’ + -oid.

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