diploid

Adjective

 * 1)  Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
 * 2)  Of an organism, having diploid cells.
 * 3)  Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

Translations

 * Catalan: diploide
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: diploidní
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tvílitna
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 二倍体
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: dîploîd, xaneya dîploîdî
 * Portuguese: diploide
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ди̏плоӣдан
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: duhambilmanahin
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) A diploid cell.
 * 2) A diploid organism.

Etymology
From. Coined in the second half of the 19th century by botanist Eduard Strasburger.

Adjective

 * 1)  diploid

Etymology
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