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TRIPLOID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes
Example:
human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted
Classified under:
Similar:
polyploid (of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
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