triploid

triploid
Pertaining to or characteristic of triploidy. [tri- + -ploid]

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trip·loid 'trip-.lȯid adj having or being a chromosome number three times the monoploid number
trip·loi·dy -.lȯid-ē n, pl -dies
triploid n a triploid individual

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adj.
describing cells, tissues, or individuals in which there are three complete chromosome sets. Compare haploid, diploid.
triploid n.

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trip·loid (tripґloid) 1. pertaining to or characterized by triploidy. 2. an individual or cell having three sets of chromosomes.

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